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Allow/deny listing makes a lot more sense to me than white/black listing
by zinclozenge 6y ago
Allow/deny listing makes a lot more sense to me than white/black listing
- anjc 6y agoWhy does it make more sense? Blacklist is used also as a verb, and I don't think "denylist" could be used as such. You could say "add to the denylist" but I don't think this is sensible.
- evan_ 6y agoWatch me: “hey can you denylist the ip range I just sent you?”
- WaltPurvis 6y agoIt only sounds unfamiliar to you because it's unfamiliar to you. You can use any noun as a verb. Google it.
- fhars 6y agoIsn‘t that usually written as “you can verb any noun”? /gd&r
- gregoriol 6y agoWhy wouldn't "to denylist" be as good as "to blacklist"? It's only because we are used to the second one that the first one seems strange, but after some time it will seem as normal to use it
- anjc 6y agoIt seems awkward to have a verb as part of the noun, but as I write this I'm thinking of many.
- GordonS 6y agoThese terms at least make as much sense as the old ones. But where would "greylist" fit in here? It slotted in nicely between whitelist and blacklist, and I'm not sure what a good name would be in the context of "allow list" and "deny/block list"?
- orthecreedence 6y agoGraylist is now the "gee willickers, hmm, maybe this is ok, gosh I hope I'm not offending anybody" list.