What is the reason action name is called "type"?

[gajus]

What is the origin of a convention to call action name (e.g. ADD_NAME, REMOVE_NAME) a "type" (or "actionType" or "actionId")?

"actionId" is the most accurate of the suggested variations. However, what we are calling a "type" is actually a "name".

It is easy to see that "type" is wrong if you either lookup dictionary definition or try to replace it with either of the direct synonyms (e.g. kind, sort, variety).

[cesarandreu]

Probably legacy reasons. Facebook's flux examples use actionType.

[gajus]

Have a look at https://github.com/gajus/canonical-reducer-composition. It is a broader standard I have been working on. It encompasses actions and reducer definition.

On Aug 10, 2015, at 21:29, Cesar Andreu notifications@github.com wrote:

Probably legacy reasons. Facebook's flux examples use actionType.

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