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The "blacklist/whitelist" issue is still circulating and appears to be getting some traction. I just had a manager on my team bring up migrating away from them
by nostrademons 6y ago
The "blacklist/whitelist" issue is still circulating and appears to be getting some traction. I just had a manager on my team bring up migrating away from them and our management chain was generally supportive.
I thought it was slightly ridiculous until I saw the suggested alternatives of "allowlist" and "denylist". These really are better terms: they're completely self-describing and match the verbs that you'd usually be using when referencing a denylist. Only downside is they don't have the same number of letters (and so don't line up if you put them one after another in code), but that can be worked around.