On Tue, May 30, 2006 at 03:41:06PM -0600, John Drago wrote: > I asked this via the Google Groups interface a few weeks ago, but I'm not sure if it made it here. > I am asking again in case the question never made it onto the list. > > Has the syntax for synchronized/threaded @things been worked out? > For example: > > class Foo is synchronized { > ... > } I don't like the name synchronized -- it implies that multiple things are happening at the same time, as in synchronized swiming, which is exactly the opposite of what should be implied. "Serialized" would be a nice name, except it implies serializing to a serial format, like disk. "Locked" is the best name I can think of, and it frankly isn't that good -- it's so vauge as to be able to mean almost anything. (Also, of course, all those /z/ names should have a s/z/s/ version, for those who speak a z-impared dialect of English.) -=- James MastrosThread Previous | Thread Next