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jorendorff / js-loaders

Pseudoimplementation of the proposed ES6 module loaders.
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'referrer' is misspelled #95

Closed johnjbarton closed 10 years ago

johnjbarton commented 10 years ago

The word in English is 'referrer': http://www.thefreedictionary.com/Referrer http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/referrer

DOM decided to spell it the way English does: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/document.referrer

HTTP decided to spell it the way some CS major did: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HTTP_referer

If we decide to use the misspelling (fine by me) then the spec should call it out explicitly.

jorendorff commented 10 years ago

Oh! I didn't know DOM had taken this bold stand in favor of correct spelling.

We should follow, I think. (This isn't even an API change, since we don't have anything named "referer" except parameters and spec fiction.)

johnjbarton commented 10 years ago

Another suggestion: change 'referrer' to 'importer'. Referrer is rather loose, and 'importer' helps us concentrate on the relationship.

briandipalma commented 10 years ago

Another suggestion: change 'referrer' to 'importer'. Referrer is rather loose, and 'importer' helps us concentrate on the relationship.

I like that suggestion, it does make it clearer.