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Re: Bags


From: Ludovic Courtès
Subject: Re: Bags
Date: Fri, 03 Oct 2014 15:08:12 +0200
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Alex Sassmannshausen <address@hidden> skribis:

> You could use something like 'parcels' (maybe too close in meaning to
> package) or 'containers' (maybe too long). Both would build on the idea
> that you can have packages inside a parcel, or container — much like bag
> probably does as well (as in santa clause's bag of presents/packages).

Actually I was trying to convey the idea that a “bag” is a “package”
with less ornamentation, if you see what I mean (because bags are
low-level representations of packages.)  So I think these suggestions
wouldn’t work well (and “containers” could be confused with Linux
containers.)

Thanks anyway.  :-)

Ludo’.



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