From: David L. Nicol [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> I think pitching renames for "local" is at least as worthwhile
> as pitching code names. How about "Hold?" It isn't listed in
> Blackstone's RFC 19, and it focuses on the restore-later
> aspects -- put that variable on hold, like it is a phone call,
> while you do something else with your ear.
'Hold' is nice and succinct.
I kind of like 'ersatz' too. And the idea of 'vicarious' variables...
Here are some other possibilities:
interim
heretofore
supplant
permute
transpose
