retard wrote:
Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:18:02 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Leandro Lucarella wrote:
Michel Fortin, el 14 de febrero a las 07:48 me escribiste:
On 2010-02-14 05:12:41 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <d...@me.com> said:
It iterates backwards, all the way back to the 50s. I think "reverse"
is a much better word.
Agree.
My dictionary says: "retro": imitative of a style, fashion, or design
from the recent past.
It's an amusing name in the way Andrei likes it, but the meaning isn't
very clear. "reverse" would be a better name.
This is a pattern in Andrei, which I think it really hurts the language
(the names are very clever and funny, but that shouldn't be the point
of a name, a name should be clear).
At least in this case being funny was not the point. I needed a name
that was (a) short, (b) different from "reverse", (c) memorable. It is
understood that other paint colors are available, but please don't
forget to give a little love to the painter. :o) It would be of course
best if names that arguably hurt the language were changed, so please
compile a list.
It sounds like a flaw in the language design if the symbols for reversing
arrays and ranges somehow conflict.
There are two operations: reverse the thing in place, and span it in
retrograde order.
Andrei
