Subject: Re: Making a common API for cpu frequency drivers
To: der Mouse <mouse@Rodents.Montreal.QC.CA>
From: Jason Thorpe <thorpej@shagadelic.org>
List: tech-kern
Date: 09/01/2006 22:38:58
On Sep 1, 2006, at 9:21 PM, der Mouse wrote:
>> I'm not that fond of retain/release, because the words don't feel
>> like
> inverses of one another to me; if I wanted an antonym to "retain" I'd
> probably pick "discard". hold/release seems better to me, or
> hold/drop. I've also written code using ref/deref.
re-tain (verb): 1. to keep in possession or use
re-lease (verb): 1. to set free; to let go; to dismiss
Those seem to match exactly. "discard" has such a negative ring to
it :-)
-- thorpej