Name what each of the three request paths skips

src/outgoing-requests.ts

@@ -93,11 +93,11 @@ export class OutgoingRequests {
 			return Promise.resolve({ err: new Error('Session is shutting down') });
 		}
 
-		return this.carry(input, options);
+		return this.requestPastDrain(input, options);
 	}
 
-	/** The same path without the drain's refusal, which a receipt for a held message has to take. */
-	async carry(
+	/** request() without the drain's refusal, which a receipt for a held message has to take. */
+	async requestPastDrain(
 		input: PduObjectInput,
 		options: SendOptions,
 	): Promise<Result<{ pduObj: PduObject }>> {
@@ -109,7 +109,7 @@ export class OutgoingRequests {
 		if (bindCommands.includes(input.cmdName)) {
 			const shut = this.gate.refusal();
 
-			return shut ? { err: shut } : this.now(input, options);
+			return shut ? { err: shut } : this.requestPastDrainGateAndWindow(input, options);
 		}
 
 		const waitForLink = this.gate.hold(options.signal);
@@ -129,8 +129,11 @@ export class OutgoingRequests {
 		}
 	}
 
-	/** Past the gate, the window and a drain, for what has to go out either way. */
-	async now(input: PduObjectInput, options: SendOptions = {}): Promise<Result<{ pduObj: PduObject }>> {
+	/** Straight onto the current link, for what has to go out either way. */
+	async requestPastDrainGateAndWindow(
+		input: PduObjectInput,
+		options: SendOptions = {},
+	): Promise<Result<{ pduObj: PduObject }>> {
 		return (await this.attempt(input, options)).result;
 	}
 

src/session.ts

@@ -235,9 +235,8 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter<SessionEvents> {
 	async unbind(): Promise<VoidResult> {
 		const drained = await this.drain(undefined);
 		const wasOpen = this.lifecycle === 'attached';
-		// now(), not send(): a drain refuses a send, and the unbind goes out either way.
 		const sent = wasOpen
-			? await this.outgoing.now({ cmdName: 'unbind' })
+			? await this.outgoing.requestPastDrainGateAndWindow({ cmdName: 'unbind' })
 			: { err: new Error('Session is closed') };
 		const closedOnUnbind = wasOpen && this.lifecycle !== 'attached';
 
@@ -274,7 +273,7 @@ export class Session extends EventEmitter<SessionEvents> {
 			reportError: err => { this.emit('sessionError', err); },
 			reportMessageDlr: merged => { this.emit('messageDlr', merged); },
 			send: input => this.send(input),
-			sendPastDrain: input => this.outgoing.carry(input, {}),
+			sendPastDrain: input => this.outgoing.requestPastDrain(input, {}),
 			smsListeners: () => this.listenerCount('sms'),
 		};
 	}