s/type tuple/template pack/g please

[Brad Anderson]

On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 19:19:35 UTC, Andrei Alexandrescu 
wrote:
> On 8/21/13 12:01 PM, Brad Anderson wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 21 August 2013 at 18:17:03 UTC, David Nadlinger 
>> wrote:
>>> Personally, I like using "Seq" as the name for the constructor
>>> template, as do a few other of the GitHub/NG regulars, so 
>>> maybe
>>> "(parameter/variadic/…) sequence" would be an alternative 
>>> worth
>>> discussing?
>>
>> "Seq" is nice too because it has no baggage that comes with 
>> terms like
>> "type", "tuple", or "template".  It's its own thing which 
>> hasn't been
>> used to mean anything but what people are proposing (at least 
>> in the
>> context of D).
>>
>> I think I actually like "Seq" better than "parameter/variadic 
>> sequence"
>> for this reason.  Neologism is a perfectly valid option (isn't 
>> that
>> right, trie?).
>
> "Seq" has the problem that it's not an actual word or phrase 
> and as such is difficult to talk about.
>
> Andrei

Nobody seems to know how to say "trie" either but it's successful 
enough (look at this show of hands: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RlVpPstLPEc&feature=youtu.be&t=50m46s 
).  I would just pronounce it like abbreviated "sequence" so IPA: 
sikw.  Anyway, I think an neologism is something to consider even 
if it isn't Seq.