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Rename the dependees goal to dependents. #17397

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@benjyw benjyw commented Oct 29, 2022

Also fix various casual uses of the term dependees in comments and docs.

Also fix various casual uses of the term dependees in
comments and docs.
@benjyw benjyw merged commit 3aa9c7b into pantsbuild:main Oct 29, 2022
@benjyw benjyw deleted the rename_dependees_goal branch October 29, 2022 16:21
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For posterity, it would be helpful to give a tldr of the Slack discussion of why this change was made.

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benjyw commented Oct 31, 2022

if a.py imports from b.py, it turns out that b is the "dependee" (see e.g., https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/dependee#:~:text=dependee%20(plural%20dependees),used%20in%20agent%2Doriented%20programming)) but we were using that term to describe a.py. So we were using the term incorrectly.

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