Lot is a shorter word for allotment. To allot is to...
- (transitive) To distribute or apportion by (or as if by) lot.
- (transitive) To assign or designate as a task or for a purpose.
IIRC, someone once pointed out that colony is -- or almost is -- an allocator. Any ground near there we haven't covered?_______________________________________________On Mon, 8 Feb 2021 at 20:00, Ben Craig via SG14 <sg14@lists.isocpp.org> wrote:_______________________________________________I like the analogy of this data structure to a parking lot quite a bit, and will likely use it while teaching the data structure.
I’m not sure I like using the term ‘lot’ in speech. Maybe `garage` or `park`?
<begin not serious suggestion>
Instead of speaking about where to put a Car, we could speak of where to put other things that have a similar layout. Perhaps a place that holds animals? Then we could have a durable place to put horses. A stable_stable.
<end not serious suggestion>
From: SG14 <sg14-bounces@lists.isocpp.org> On Behalf Of Kim Nilsson via SG14
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Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [SG14] std::colony name brainstorming
In the interest of brevity, may I suggest std::lot ? A std::lot<Car> seems to convey what a parking lot is.
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