[Zope3-dev] naming issues: id vs name, delObject vs ?

[R. David Murray]

On Fri, 10 May 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote:
> of English through computer documentation. :-)  Is it the case that
> "delete" sounds more like "destroy"?

Yes.  'delete' has the connotation of destroy, while 'remove' has
the connotation of *not* destroying (ex: removing an object to some
other location).  However, the two definately *do* shade into each
other, and in many contexts are often synonomous (ex: deleting or
removing a name from a list).

--RDM