Hi Gregor,
Here are my reactions, for whatever they're worth:
Gregor Lingl wrote:
> Question nr. 1:
> Is this inutitively ok or would you
> prefer the converse. (e.g. clear(1) to
> delete the last item, clear(-1) the first one?)
>
> In a discussion with a friend about that topic
> there occurred the idea to have (additionally?)
> two names for those functions each with
> positive arguments only. (A bit similar to
> the solution for fill()). He proposed:
>
> clearfirst(n)
> clearlast(n)
As a programmer I like the positive and negative parameters, but as a
teacher I much prefer the clearfirst/clearlast idea.
>
> Another idea was:
>
> clearhead(n) for, ..., yeah, for what?
> what's the head in a sequence of lines
> the ones drawn at last?
> cleartail(n)
This is only appealing for Unix/Linux admins ;) - the head/tail thing
would confuse my students.
> Question nr2:
> I don't know how this sounds for native english
> speaking people. Perhaps you have better proposals
> for naming these functions.
IMHO "clear" is exactly the right word to use, and clearfirst and
clearlast are, well, "perfectly clear". ;)
Cheers,
Vern
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