>>>>> "Randal" == Randal L Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Randal> Huh? Why the heck is that called #detectSum: instead of just #sum:? [...] Randal> /me makes a note to look under #detectFoo: next time In fact, now that I look at it, it's really not like #detectMax:, which returns the *original* element that is the max, or #detect:, which returns an *original* element that meets a test. It's transformational, more like #collect. But since #sum already does that, it really should have simply been named #sum:. Sigh. -- Randal L. Schwartz - Stonehenge Consulting Services, Inc. - +1 503 777 0095 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <URL:http://www.stonehenge.com/merlyn/> Smalltalk/Perl/Unix consulting, Technical writing, Comedy, etc. etc. See http://methodsandmessages.vox.com/ for Smalltalk and Seaside discussion _______________________________________________ Beginners mailing list Beginners@lists.squeakfoundation.org http://lists.squeakfoundation.org/mailman/listinfo/beginners
