On Wed, 19 Oct 2022 20:45:41 GMT, Andy Goryachev <ango...@openjdk.org> wrote:
>> I actually like `asLongAs` that was mentioned in another comment, but it >> looks odd :) >> >> Lately, as I was reading some unrelated codebases and I came up with >> `updateWhile` (or `updateWhen`). The reason is that names like `when` and >> `conditionOn`, and even the restricted `if` and `while`, tell me just half >> the story. They tell me what happens "when", but not what happens "when >> not". The `bindings.When` binding is phrased as "`when` condition `then` A, >> `otherwise` B", which is I think it great. This binding is phrased as >> "`when` condition", but then what and what otherwise? >> >> Because the binding updates its value when/while/as long as the condition >> holds and *doesn't update when the condition doesn't hold* (it just stays >> the same), I think that the phrasing "`update while` condition" (and don't >> update while not condition) gives a better description of the functionality. > > Does `asLongAs` imply recurrent nature? I don't see why not. ------------- PR: https://git.openjdk.org/jfx/pull/830
