Re: byKey and byValue: properties or methods?

[Alix Pexton]

On 20/01/2012 17:58, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
On 1/17/12 12:48 AM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
I hate I must ask this:
int[string] aa;
foreach (k; aa.byKey) { ... }

or

int[string] aa;
foreach (k; aa.byKey()) { ... }



Thanks,

Andrei "I told you" Alexandrescu

I tallied the votes.

Function: Mail Mantis, bearophile, Jacob Carlborg, Olivier Pisano, Ary
Manzana, torhu.

Property: Nick Sabalausky, Simen Kjaeraas.

I wasn't able to discern a clear vote from the others. Please correct
the list.


Thanks,

Andrei

I vote property.

While the names do not fall in line with the properties-are-nouns 
pattern, I do see the compound aa.byKey as a noun (especially when aa is 
something more meaningful, and preferably plural). So I think the names 
should stay as they are.

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