[m-dev.] proposed addition to standard library

Peter Schachte pets at cs.mu.oz.au
Tue Apr 29 18:06:08 AEST 1997


> What do people think about using the name `object' for this?
> Any suggestions for an alternative name?

Object doesn't seem very descriptive to me.  I think 'reference' better
describes what the thing is.

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