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Bug 25577 - The interface name "Key" is very generic
Summary: The interface name "Key" is very generic
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: Web Cryptography
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Web Cryptography API Document (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Hardware: PC All
: P2 normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Ryan Sleevi
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Reported: 2014-05-06 12:14 UTC by Boris Zbarsky
Modified: 2014-06-16 23:14 UTC (History)
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Description Boris Zbarsky 2014-05-06 12:14:25 UTC 
In particular it can be confused with indexeddb keys, ES6 property keys, and so forth.

It may be better to call it something like "CryptoKey".  Ryan also suggested "WebCryptoKey" or "KeyHandle"; I suspect that it's best to make it clear that this is a key for crypto, as opposed to hashtables or databases, so "KeyHandle" isn't a good choice....