> +R means "remote" or "retained", i.e. the variable doesn't live on the stack I think that’s a bad name. Both “remote” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_p

> +R means "remote" or "retained", i.e. the variable doesn't live on the stack I think that’s a bad name. Both “remote” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_procedure_call) and “retained” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retained_mode https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Retained_mode, https://developer.apple.com/documentation/objectivec/nsobjectprotocol/1571946-retain https://developer.apple.com/documentation/objectivec/nsobjec...) are existing terms in programming with wildly different meaning. What’s wrong with “reference” (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(computer_science) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reference_(computer_science)) ?