[swift-evolution] rename dropFirst() and dropLast()

[Michel Fortin]

Le 28 déc. 2015 à 19:02, Kevin Ballard via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> a écrit :
> On Mon, Dec 28, 2015, at 03:53 PM, Michel Fortin via swift-evolution wrote:
>> Following the new API guidelines, shouldn't the name be either `droppingFirst` or `excludingFirst`? That would solve your problem, right? Many things still need to be adapted to the new conventions.
>> 
>> https://swift.org/documentation/api-design-guidelines.html#be-grammatical
> 
> That's not what the conventions say. They say non-mutating phrases should read as noun phrases when possible. But `droppingFirst` isn't a noun phrase. This means things like `index.successor()`. It also says that if there is no good noun phrase to use then imperative verbs are acceptable, which means it will stay as `dropFirst`.

Really? The convention says: "When a mutating method is described by a verb, name its non-mutating counterpart according to the “ed/ing” rule, e.g. the non-mutating versions of x.sort() and x.append(y) are x.sorted() and x.appending(y)."

Are you telling me that because no one bothered *yet* writing a mutating version of this method the "ing" rule does not apply? That it will apply only the day someone will write mutating method called `dropFirst`? This interpretation of the guidelines does not make much sense.

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Michel Fortin
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