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[Martin Pool <mbp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 10 November 2010 02:12, Aaron Bentley <aaron@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> 'update' is already so strongly bound in database code perhaps
>> 'expand' would be better.
>
> I assumed it was like set.update().

Yes, it is.  But you can see Ian thought it might write to the db.
'update' already has a meaning in sql; it has a similar meaning in
sqlalchemy; it does something else also different in Hybernate...

I don't want to bikeshed, I'm just noting the word has many meanings already.
-- 
Martin