Michel Fortin wrote:
On 2009-01-29 00:02:20 -0500, Bill Baxter <wbax...@gmail.com> said:
On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
That's a good point, but... we are at liberty to choose ANY names we
please.
Is this weird "first"/"next" combo our best shot?
But unless you've got some new words to add, we've listed pretty much
every reasonable pair, and they all have issues of similar magnitude
(or at least which some fraction of people will declare is of similar
magnitude...)
I think "first/last" goes well with "advance/retreat".
Note how "advance" is a natural word in this context... quoted from the
"What's the deal with __buck?" thread, Andrei says: "Now consider I want
to advance 10 steps in that range."... yet, he wants to name the
function "next".
Hehe, this argument works in my favor. Advancing means making a number
of steps. Next means taking one step.
Andrei
