on Fri May 06 2016, Matthew Johnson <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>> On May 6, 2016, at 7:30 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >> >> on Fri May 06 2016, Cole Campbell <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >> >>> I don't know if it's considered too late at this point to rename 'reduce', >>> but >>> I'll add an enthusiastic +1 to renaming it to 'fold' and adding 'unfold'. >>> 'Fold' >>> is just as obvious a name as 'reduce', IMO (actually I even prefer >>> it). >> >> It's not, IMO. “Reduce” was chosen deliberately over “fold” because we >> think it is more in “common currency” among programmers, in no small >> part to the notice that MapReduce has gotten. > > I was guessing this was the rationale. But if it’s not too late and > “fold” solves the “unfold” naming problem maybe we that balances out > the equation. Personally, I'm not confident “unfold” would be considered to meet the utility bar, even if we changed the name of “reduce,” FWIW. > Which name do you think best communicates the essence of the > operation? IMO “fold” does a much better job of this. Personally I think “accumulate” does that better than either name, but it doesn't matter. What matters, IMO, is what more people will be familiar with. > > >> >>> I think changing it now with other source-breaking changes is better >>> than moving forward with 'reduce' and a corresponding function with a >>> confusing name. Fold/unfold would fit in beautifully with the >>> prefix/suffix pairings already in the standard library. >>> >>> Cole >>> >>> On May 6, 2016, at 1:29 AM, David Hart via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> If we are discussing naming changes to reduce, here's my personal >>> opinion: >>> >>> * When I first encountered it, I understood exactly what it did because I >>> knew that term of art. If it was named sequence, I would have been >>> confused. >>> * If we are discussing name changes, I'd personally vote to change it to >>> fold. It is the other term of art used for it, and it makes unfold work. >>> >>> David >>> >>> On 05 May 2016, at 22:39, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> On May 5, 2016, at 1:03 PM, Erica Sadun <er...@ericasadun.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> On May 4, 2016, at 5:50 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution >>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: >>> >>> Proposal link: >>> >>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0045-scan-takewhile-dropwhile.md >>> >>> Sequence.prefix(while:) & Sequence.drop(while:) - These are >>> *accepted* as specified in revision 3 of the proposal. >>> >>> I'm still a little sad we didn't go for `prefix`/`suffix` or >>> `take`/ >>> `drop` pairs that linguistically matched.Nonetheless I'm >>> gratified >>> these are hopping into the language. That said, I'm going to put >>> on >>> my painters cap to consider selecting some exterior latex for the >>> feature I was most looking forward to in this proposal: >>> >>> Core team writes: >>> >>> unfold(_:applying:) - This addition is *rejected* by the core >>> team as written, but deserves more discussion in the >>> community, >>> and potentially could be the subject of a future proposal. >>> The >>> core team felt that the utility of this operation is high >>> enough >>> to be worth including in the standard library, but could not >>> find an acceptable name for it. “unfold” is problematic, >>> despite >>> its precedence in other language, because Swift calls the >>> corresponding operation “reduce” and not “fold”. No one could >>> get excited about “unreduce”. “iterate” was also considered, >>> but >>> a noun is more appropriate than an verb in this case. Given >>> the >>> lack of a good name, the core team preferred to reject to let >>> the community discuss it more. >>> >>> A few thoughts: >>> >>> * I'm not sure why a noun is more appropriate than a verb. Reduce >>> isn't a noun, prefix isn't a noun, drop isn't a noun. >>> >>> I’m not a naming guru, but my understanding is that ‘reduce’ was >>> picked >>> because it was term of art (like map), which is what allowed the >>> misuse >>> of a verb. >>> >>> One idea that came out of the core team discussion was something >>> like: >>> >>> sequence(from: 0) { $0 += 42 } >>> >>> Since it returns a sequence. >>> >>> -Chris >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> 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 > > _______________________________________________ > 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