Andrew Rodland skribis 2005-04-04 22:34 (-0400): > > Likewise, "slurping" is probably best explained as collecting. > I like this. I'd be tempted to suggest "scatter" / "gather", but that's
Gather is taken. > probably a bit opaque to the average reader. How about describing them as > "expand" / "collect" for a matched pair? That's got a legacy in math, and > some mathematically-oriented languages. It having meaning in maths is probably more a reason not to use, unless the meaning is identical enough. Juerd -- http://convolution.nl/maak_juerd_blij.html http://convolution.nl/make_juerd_happy.html http://convolution.nl/gajigu_juerd_n.html