Andrei Alexandrescu, el 14 de febrero a las 20:24 me escribiste: > 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.
I think reverse (in-place) and reversed (returns a range that iterates in reverse order) are *very* clear in terms of that distinction. -- Leandro Lucarella (AKA luca) http://llucax.com.ar/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- GPG Key: 5F5A8D05 (F8CD F9A7 BF00 5431 4145 104C 949E BFB6 5F5A 8D05) ----------------------------------------------------------------------
