On 01/22/11 15:38, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > On 1/22/11 3:33 PM, Christopher Nicholson-Sauls wrote: >> On 01/22/11 11:44, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: >>> Looking through Python's string functions >>> (http://docs.python.org/release/2.5.2/lib/string-methods.html) I noticed >>> partition(): >>> >>> partition(sep) >>> Split the string at the first occurrence of sep, and return a >>> 3-tuple containing the part before the separator, the separator itself, >>> and the part after the separator. If the separator is not found, return >>> a 3-tuple containing the string itself, followed by two empty strings. >>> New in version 2.5. >>> >>> Right now we find find and findSkip; partition would be a great >>> complement, and can be implemented for all forward ranges. >>> >>> One question is naming - partition() is not good for us because >>> std.algorithm.partition implements Hoare's in-place partition algorithm. >>> How should we call the function? >>> >>> >>> Andrei >> >> Bisect? >> >> -- Chris N-S >> > > Would be rather trisect, but that becomes a bit too cute. > > Andrei
Yeah, you're right. I hit on "bi-" because my mental image was like a binary tree search. Anywho, I actually kinda like "trisect," even if it is cute. -- Chris N-S