[Dev] New name for the TrunkParentBlock mechanism

[Phillip J. Eby]

At 02:04 PM 10/5/2005 -0700, Donn Denman wrote:
>Combining other's suggestions, I think the term "branch point" captures 
>the idea best.

Speaking as someone not intimately familiar with CPIA, I don't think that 
"branch" gives me much useful information.  It's understandable after an 
explanation and drawing, but it doesn't seem to me to convey the aspect 
that it's selectable or extensible.

That having been said, I don't have any better suggestions myself.  :)

So, in the absence of a better name for the concept, I'd suggest 
BranchPoint and Branch as the class names; the 'Block' part will be 
redundant as soon as the blocks framework follows the proposed API 
guidelines, since under those guidelines the classes would be referred to 
as 'blocks.BranchPoint' and 'blocks.Branch'.