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2009/5/2 Michael Witten <mfwitten@gmail.com>:
> I also dislike the use of 'name' rather than 'hash'; a name is
> something provided by the user, but a hash is something computed. The
> use of sha[-]1 is even more egregious.

What about "identifier" as a compromise between "hash" and "name"?
This is really what we're talking about - a way of identifying
objects.