Stick with split, otherwise users will have to remember the difference between split and divide or chop or hack or cut or slice or some other arbitrary word. The slight semantic difference is far from obvious in the name.
This is why I am constantly digging through the [lang] API docs to remember the difference between (for example) clean() and trim() and strip(). There are subtle semantic differences hidden, none of which are indicated by the method names, which are all equally arbitrary and generic. I find it continually frustrating. Let's not make that mistake again. .T. On Thu, 12 Feb 2004 19:08:29 +0100, "Emmanuel Bourg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > Joe Germuska wrote: > > > Maybe the best would just be an alternate method signature to split(...) ? > > This solution is a bit ugly i think, but it's the only one if we can't > find a better name. What about divide(), break() or cut() ? > > Emmanuel Bourg -- Todd V. Jonker Conscious Code Ltd The Practice of Programming www.consciouscode.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
