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> From: Stefan Monnier <monnier@iro.umontreal.ca>
> Cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 10:20:24 -0400
> 
> While `gv-` is a handy short prefix, maybe we should stop using terms
> like "place" and "generalized variables" and call them "lvalues" like
> the rest of the world.

Would people without background in language parsing understand the
terminology?  If not, lvalue is not better than what we already use.