On 14/02/2010 20:07, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
Mike James wrote:
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.
Andrei
1. Contrawise
2. Rearward
3. AssBackwards
4. Reorientated
5. Turnedabout
6. Turnedaround
7. Inversified
8. Flipped
9. Refluxed
10. VolteFace
or how about Reverse...
-=mike=-
I meant a list with other cases (aside from this particular one) in
which choices of names were unfortunate.
I thought the following is clear but let me state it: in this particular
case, using "reverse" is not desirable because the name already exists
as an array property. If we drop the existing feature and choose
"reverse" for the new feature, code will silently change semantics.
Andrei
What's the change in semantics that you're worried about?
doesn't D's built in arrays conform to the range interface?
I'd expect that array.reverse would be the same as retro(array).
