Re: [Libguestfs] [PATCH] docs: Prefer 'cookie' over 'handle'

On Sat, Mar 04, 2023 at 10:03:46PM +0200, Nir Soffer wrote: > On Sat, Mar 4, 2023 at 12:15 AM Eric Blake <eblake(a)redhat.com&gt; wrote: > > Makes no difference to implementations (other than older code > > still using 'handle' may be slightly harder to tie back to the spec). > > To avoid confusion with older code that carefully used "handle" to match > the spec, maybe add a note that "cookie" was named "handle" before? Yes, this. I'm happy with renaming it cookie (it makes sense), but there is a *lot* of stuff out there that calls it "handle" (including a wireshark plugin) and it would be confusing if that link isn't available anywhere.