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...a consequence. The natural extension is PartialAlias. Sad that "alias" is sometimes a noun and sometimes a verb, but if it's in the literature, then I guess that's that. Might be better to have "NoAlias" be the only one that treats "alias" as a noun though. PartiallyAlias? PartlyAlias? (But since it's inconsistent anyway, then PartialAlias isn't all bad.) > That leaves the question of the enumeration name. I think "AliasResult" is my new found favorite. Danny gave me a reason: these are really results of a particular query, not just abstract...

...ut "No", "Maybe", "Partial", and "Must" also seem awkward. Is there a better enum name than "AliasKind"? These aren't *just* results, so I don't like the current name. > > AliasRelationship? None, May/PossiblyAliased/Unknown, Aliased, PartiallyAliased? > > (tense could use some tweaking and I suppose this still has the suffix problem in all except the "None" case... ) I like this colour: enum class AliasKind /* or AliasCategory? */ { Null, Unknown, Partial, Complete }; > Whatever conventi...