Jonathan M Davis wrote:
Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I also defined recently:
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/**
If $(D startsWith(r1, r2)), consume the corresponding elements off $(D
r1) and return $(D true). Otherwise, leave $(D r1) unchanged and
return $(D false).
*/
bool startsWithConsume(R1, R2)(ref R1 r1, R2 r2);
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There are a few other functions like that: one version takes a range by
value, the other takes it by reference and alters it.
The question is, what is a good naming convention for expressing that?
Other examples: findConsume, consumeFind.
Andrei
I thought that that was basically what chompPrefix did, and chompPrefix
seems like a great name to me, but I guess that that's not entirely
generalizable: chompFind or findChomp would be a bit weird. Consume seems
like the best of the ones that you suggested. It is explicitly what you're
doing. It's a bit long, but the others aren't as clear. Other suggestions
might be erase or remove, since you appear to be erasing/removing elements
from the range. Consume is probably better though.
- Jonathan M Davis
P.S. You could also go for startsWithFineDiningWithAFourCourseMeal. People
would absolutely love _that_ function name. ;)
Heh.
Overall the problem of choosing names by consensus is that the
intersection is withering real fast. I agree 80% with Kenny's and
Michel's choices. Others also seem to agree about the same percentage.
The problem is that nobody agrees on the _same_ 80%. The net
intersection of several people's "obviously good" naming schemes and
conventions quickly falls to zero as the size of the group increases.
Andrei
