[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0065 A New Model for Collections and Indices

Joe Groff jgroff at apple.com
Mon Apr 11 11:49:41 CDT 2016


> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:48 AM, Stephen Canon <scanon at 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


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