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Subject:Re: Objects that share a fate From:Glen Warner <gdwarner -at- ricochet -dot- net> To:"TECHWR-L" <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- raycomm -dot- com> Date:Wed, 7 Jun 2000 04:58:13 -0700
Janice Gelb <janiceg -at- marvin -dot- eng -dot- sun -dot- com> wrote:
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>
> If this occurs so seldom, do you really need to
> invent vocabulary for it? How about just saying
> something like "Deleting the A object also deletes
> its dependent B objects."
There you are, Mark -- "Object" and "Dependents." If you use that,
give Janice a tip o' the hat for coming up with it.
--gdw
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