> CSTR #116 doesn't seem to have a general name for these dotted > suffixes, or at least not one I'm crazy about. Kernighan does call > them "corners" (and "compass points") (ยง5), but these terms seem to > me to apply poorly to ".c[enter]", to arcs, and obviously enough to > midpoints of straight lines. So I'd also like feedback on a good > name for this category of points.
"Reference point" seems good. I also like "benchmark", in the original surveyors' sense. Unfortunately this is out of step with computing, where the word is usually taken metaphorically to mean a performance measure or standard. Doug
