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Mar 31, 2012 at 23:36	comment	added	c69		@BenHocking i think `provider` / `consumer` is the good way to tell who-is-dependant-on-whom without confusing readers (especially, if their native language is not english).
May 16, 2011 at 16:32	history	edited	Ben Hocking	CC BY-SA 3.0	added 141 characters in body
May 16, 2011 at 16:09	comment	added	Ben Hocking		@Bruno: In your example, module Y is a `provider` of the function that X is depending on. But, you are correct, that depending on how you're using the word, it might not work, because you typically wouldn't say that Y is X's `provider` if X is only depending on Y for the one function (and if it's depending on other modules for other functions). As for `depenendency`, it has the problem of being ambiguous. (See my comment to Mr. Disappointment.)
May 16, 2011 at 16:02	comment	added	b.roth		In most contexts in software engineering provider would not be suitable. For example, think of a module X that uses a function defined in module Y. Module X does not have module Y as a "provider". I think the best word here is simply dependency, as in @Mr. Disappointment's answer. Module Y is a dependency (for module X). As for module X, I would say it is dependent on module Y, as in @njd's answer.
May 16, 2011 at 14:02	history	answered	Ben Hocking	CC BY-SA 3.0