[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0023 API Design Guidelines

[Dave Abrahams]

on Sun Jan 24 2016, Curt Clifton <curt-AT-omnigroup.com> wrote:

>> On Jan 24, 2016, at 12:34 AM, Jacob Bandes-Storch via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>> I agree that "sinInPlace()", "meanInPlace()", "remainderInPlace()"
>> seem to work pretty well, but I'm aware that I'm drawing on
>> experience with the old names of sortInPlace(), subtractInPlace(),
>> etc., and in fact this case is worse because the first words aren't
>> really verbs (you can't sine something in place any more than you
>> can sine it). "takeSine()" doesn't sound great either.
>
> How about "applyingSine()" , "applyingMean()", and "applyingRemainder()"? 

"x, applying sine()" means "x with sine applied," which is just "sin(x)".

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-Dave