s/type tuple/template pack/g please

[Brad Anderson]

On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 18:26:42 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 8/21/13 11:21 AM, Brad Anderson wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 17:53:21 UTC, Andrei 
>> Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> There's an inordinate amount of confusion around what we 
>>> currently
>>> call "type tuple" (embodied in std's TypeTuple). I've been 
>>> furious
>>> immediately as I got word that Walter called it that way, and 
>>> it
>>> hasn't failed to make everybody else feel the same over the 
>>> years.
>>>
>>> So: shall we use "template pack" going forward exclusively 
>>> whenever we
>>> refer to that stuff? That way we can unambiguously use 
>>> "tuple" for
>>> "value tuples, i.e. like mini-structs that group values 
>>> together".
>>>
>>> Destroy. I mean criticize.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> There are a lot of good names for it: Template Pack, Type 
>> Sequence,
>> Template Argument List, Type List, etc. I think I like Type 
>> Sequence the
>> best but any will do.  All that really matters is getting 
>> Tuple out of
>> the name to clear up the confusion.
>
> We much more need to get "type" out of the name. Those aren't 
> types.
>
> Andrei

Alright. I always found the Tuple part more confusing but I guess 
I'm in the minority since three people all jumped on the "type" 
portion of my comment at once.