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From: Ian Smith <smithi@nimnet.asn.au>
To: Chris Dillon <cdillon@wolves.k12.mo.us>
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Cc: FreeBSD Net <freebsd-net@freebsd.org>,
	Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>
Subject: Re: bikeshed for all!
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On Wed, 12 Dec 2007, Chris Dillon wrote:
 > Quoting Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org>:
 > 
 > > I need a word to use to describe the network view one is currently on..
 > > e.g. if you are usinghe second routing table, you could say I've set xxx to 1
 > > (0 based)..
 > >
 > >
 > > current;y in my code I'm using 'universe' but I don't like that..
 > 
 > I think you just said it best yourself, you need a name for a "network  
 > view", so why not just call it a "view"?  Other things use the same  
 > terminology like a DNS "view" or an SQL "view" and I think it makes  
 > sense in this case as well.

Indeed.  Or 'netview'?

Ian