word change requested for "to scrub"

[Richard -Gilligan- Uschold]

My first thought was "rebalance"

"fix unbalanced" is a bit more accurate then "find unbalanced"

Gilligan

"James A. Treacy" wrote:

> On Thu, Aug 09, 2001 at 03:33:30PM +0200, Christian Stimming wrote:
> >
> > However, since at least Ben and me were convinced of that other wrong
> > semantics, it seems necessary to find a better name for that operation
> > (as grib quickly suggested). Here's a list of proposals -- please,
> > native English speakers, pick your favorite word and give some comments.
> >
> Why not use 'find unbalanced transactions'? If that is too long, 'find
> unbalanced'.
>
> This has two good features. First, the word find makes it
> unthreatening - the action will not go and change things behind your
> back. Words like cleanse, and most of the other words you suggested,
> lead people (who don't read documentation) to think it could do
> something dangerous. Second, it is descriptive.
>
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