On Sep 22, 2004, at 10:46 AM, Aleksandar Donev wrote:
> the question was why we use the phrase "whole object"
I'd think you would know the answer to that question. The "usual"
answer applies - because that's what passed. That answer seems
particularly apt because I don't happen to like the usage. I don't
recall whether I proposed alternative wordings that didn't pass
or whether I couldn't think up anything better. Doesn't really
matter.
In either case, I think that impossible to answer usefully.
> and what that means.
Now that, I'd agree, is the real question. But I'm sure you realize that
nothing said on this mailing list is an official and definitive answer,
even if we all do come to agreement. If someone does find
the possibly overlooked definition, maybe we can at least have better
confidence that we are right.
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