on Thu Apr 07 2016, Xiaodi Wu <xiaodi.wu-AT-gmail.com> wrote: > If we're going to bikeshed again: how about "assign"?
It begs for a preposition, which is usually “to,” which has the wrong meaning :( > On Thu, Apr 7, 2016 at 7:08 PM Taras Zakharko via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > replaceWith* is also my favourite here (same for *InPlace). Sure, it might > be verbose, but the semantics is very clear and seems apply to a wide > range > of relevant situations. In the end, there are hundreds if not more > messages > in this (and related) threads and i am sure that you guys spent even more > time in meetings talking about this. If I understand correctly, Swifts > goal > is clarity over laconicity. If finding sensible laconic terminology turns > out to be surprisingly difficult, a more verbose one might be a better > choice after all. > > — Taras > > > On 07 Apr 2016, at 22:36, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > > > > > on Mon Apr 04 2016, Brent Royal-Gordon <swift-evolution@swift.org> > wrote: > > > >>> Indeed, OED points out that modern usage is "chiefly military." > Probably > an argument against its usage here. > >> > >> It seems to me that what you're sort of saying is "replaceWith", but > >> that's kind of a mouthful. > > > > It's at least very explicit. We did consider that, and chose “form” as > > a more reasonable convention. However, we weren't thinking of the > > “from” problem. I prefer “replaceWith” over “become” for some reason I > > can't identify. > > > >> A quick thesaurus check suggests that the only decent single-world > >> alternative would be "substitute", but that sounds like a regex > >> operation. I think this is a dead end. > > > > -- > > Dave > > > > _______________________________________________ > > swift-evolution mailing list > > swift-evolution@swift.org > > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > -- Dave _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution