s/type tuple/template pack/g please

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 8/21/13 11:44 AM, Brad Anderson wrote:
> 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.

"Tuple" needs to go as well, although that entity does look like a tuple 
in some respects.

Andrei