At least in my experience, "indices" is used throughout technical documentation and code, such as the official docs of Python, Java, and C#.
I'm not strongly opposed to "indexes", but I think there should be a stronger reason to change it other than that it has easier discoverability for non-English speakers (who can search for it in a few seconds). I think of "indices" as a term of art or a word in a technical dialect of English. On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 12:49 PM, Joe Groff <jgr...@apple.com> wrote: > > > On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Stephen Canon <sca...@apple.com> wrote: > > > > Joe’s isn’t saying that “Indexes” is more common, rather that it’s > regular (i.e. follows the usual declension rule for plurals); there’s > tradeoffs each way, but using the regular plural might make it more > familiar for some non-native speakers/readers. > > Yeah. From personal experience I've worked with many developers for whom > "indices" was an unfamiliar term, whereas "indexes" was immediately obvious. > > -Joe -- Trent Nadeau
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