refactor(daemon,cli): Rename `terminate`/`kill` to `cancel`

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refactor(daemon,cli): Rename `terminate`/`kill` to `cancel` #2073

Closed rekmarks closed 8 months ago

rekmarks commented 8 months ago

Renames the daemon mailbox terminate method and CLI kill command to cancel. Also renames the daemon's terminator abstraction to context.

kriskowal commented 8 months ago

Regarding the admittedly dubious name choice, context is a carrier from parent to child contexts, in particular for cancellation but also potentially other things.

https://pkg.go.dev/context
https://github.com/tc39/proposal-async-context

And relatedly of course Abort