On 2026-06-22 01:57, Tim Düsterhus wrote:
Hi
Operation-wise I would agree that “div mod” is the correct thing to do,
but I don't think that calling Duration/Duration->(int, Duration)
literally divmod is an intuitive API when there's also the other
division that does Duration/int->Duration.
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
Oof. Naming.
The only term I can find that is specifically about dividing one
duration by another is "beat", but that's definitely domain-specific.
'periodCount' or 'countPeriods' come to mind. Since in 'n/d' we're
counting how many times duration 'd' occurs during duration 'n' we're
basically multiplying the duration by frequency '1/d'; the inverse of
the frequency - 'd' itself - is called the period. Which word is also
used for "named subdivision of historical time", "class-sized
subdivision of a school day", and so on.
The biggest hangup with that name is that it doesn't explicitly state
that it returns the remainder as well. periodParts? periodDivide?
