Supposing I have a given operation/sequence of operations that can be either commited or rolled-back, can I say that each operation is "rollbackable"? What is a word for something that can be rolled back?
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3Any particular reason not to use reversible or one of its synonyms?– Dan BronCommented Jun 18, 2015 at 11:44
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We're trying to make something analog to the process of "rollback" on a relational database, hence the preference for something that cleary says "rollback".– Roy StarkCommented Jun 18, 2015 at 11:45
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it's reversible.– FattieCommented Jun 18, 2015 at 11:52
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rollbackable seems fine - go for it– FattieCommented Jun 18, 2015 at 11:52
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If your preference is to clearly say that something can be rolled back, then your best option is to clearly say that it can be rolled back. Bending over backwards to create a new word, as morphologically sound as it might be, is clearly not the clearest way. You just said, it can be either commited or rolled back. I am not seeing any kind of problem with that. Now you want to instead say it's committable and rollbackable. I have to ask you to elaborate on why you would want any such thing.– RegDwigнtCommented Jun 18, 2015 at 11:58
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A fine word that exists is:
Repealable
repeal (v.) late 14c., from Anglo-French repeler, Old French rapeler "call back, call in, call after, revoke" (Modern French rappeler), from re- "back" (see re-) + apeler "to call" (see appeal (v.)). Related: Repealed; repealing.
It's unambiguous and not used in Database circles; its only failing is that is refers to "calls" which have little to do with this particular problem domain.
How about a cross-lingual portmanteau: From the German word "rear", rück combined with roll, I get:
Ruckrollable
You can add the Umlaut to make it look exotic. It has the dubious features of sounding like "rock and roll" and "Rick-rolling". Or Scooby-Doo.
