[tor-bugs] #19616 [Metrics/metrics-lib]: metrics-lib should be renamed to DescripTor

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#19616: metrics-lib should be renamed to DescripTor
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 Reporter:  iwakeh               |          Owner:  karsten
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Component:  Metrics/metrics-lib  |        Version:
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Comment (by atagar):

 Certainly. The trouble with DescripTor is that it's the same noun as the
 thing both it and other things process. I know you like embedding the word
 "tor" within your projects (despite Roger advising against it), but unlike
 ExperimenTor, DocTor, and CollecTor the name 'DescripTor' causes confusion
 every time the name is spoken.

 Try the sentence "Drats, that's a DocTor issue". That sentence makes sense
 because we don't have a bunch of doctors involved with Tor so it must mean
 the DocTor service. If you try say "Drats, that's a descriptor issue" it's
 ambiguous if you mean a descriptor or DescripTor.

 Imagine for instance if I decided to rename Stem to ToR. Technically the
 case of the letters is different from Tor but it would none the less be a
 source of endless confusion. :)

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