Re: address@hidden: documentation bug: customization type `option']

[Per Abrahamsen]

Richard Stallman <address@hidden> writes:

>     > lazy
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>     I wrote documentation for this, but it was apparently never checked
>     in.  See below.
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> The reason is that the name `lazy' is not suitable for its meaning.
> I want the name to be changed before we document it.

'lazy' was the name you suggested.

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> Re: Creating recursive customization types / widgets
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> Mon, 01 Dec 2003 23:17:54 -0500
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> The doc string for `child' is now clear, but it shows
> that `child' is not the right name for it.
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> ISTR that there is a frequently used term for an object
> whose value will be computed only when you actually refer to it,
> but it has been so many years that I don't remember the term.
> Is it "lazy"?  Maybe this type should be called `lazy'.
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> `delayed' is ok too.
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