Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Simen Kjaeraas wrote: >> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >> >>> So please let's vote once and for all. >>> >>> Andrei >> >> Do let's. My first vote goes to first/last, with head/toe at second >> place. >> >> -- >> Simen > > Ok, after looking at my code I discovered a huge problem with "first". > ("Last" is cool.) If all you do is implement them and use them with > foreach, fine. But if you need to call them manually (which is the case > sometimes), you get really badly interacting terms there. Look at this, > taken from real code (the filter function): > > while (!_input.empty && !pred(_input.first)) _input.next; > > I can see the putative user scratching their head: "Ok, so I start > iteration with the first element, then I move to the next one... but > then why the heck am I looking at the first again?" > > "First" must go. > > > Andrei
Just to toss my 2cents into the hat, I'll introduce a new pair: leading/trailing