The more I've thought about it, the more I've resigned myself to the fact that any? is the only rational choice. We have `some?`, `some`, `not-any?`, and `any?`. There's no resolving the asymmetry without breaking code, and it's undeniably true that `any?` reads nicely in the context of specs. I don't think I've seen a post mentioning `some?` yet, which surprised me a bit. "Fixing" the symmetry of all of this is more than a single name. It is a collection of names dating back to 1.0, IIRC. I don't disagree that it would be nice if we could go back in time, but generally I think "let it go" is good advice. As an aside, the dissonance is more or less consistent. It reminds me a little of https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multistability.
Perhaps there'll be some liberties taken in 2.0? Time will tell, but for now I'll echo Alex's suggestion to drop it. This particular ship sailed years ago, IMO. '(Devin Walters) > On Nov 7, 2016, at 10:23 PM, Mars0i <marsh...@logical.net> wrote: > > >> Personally I think "any?" and "some?" are aptly named, and that it's the >> older "not-any?" and "some" functions that mess things up. > > I can understand the intuition that "not-any?" and "some" are the oddballs, > but "Are there any Xs?" and "Are there some Xs?" are true in exactly the same > situations. Or to remove the predicate, since that's what "some" and > "not-any?" use: "Is there anything in this thing?" and "Is there something in > this thing?" are true in the same situations. So if some? is aptly named, > then any? is not. (Maybe "anything?" or "something?" would have been better > names for some?.) > >> Maybe if Clojure were being designed from scratch again, we'd have something >> like "has" and "not-has?", but it's too late to change common function names >> now. > > Yeah--too late. > > As well as some still uncommon ones. > Like "any?". > :-) > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups "Clojure" group. > To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com > Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your > first post. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Clojure" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
