[swift-evolution] ed/ing, InPlace, Set/SetAlgebra naming resolution

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:09 AM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
> *Non-Mutating, returning new value*: unioned(with), intersected(with),
> exclusiveOred(with)
>
> Reasoning:
>
> * *I think the -ing endings sound unnatural, stilted, and unmathematical.
> *They make me wince.
>

So do the -ed versions, IMO. That's why -InPlace is such a convenient
suffix.

Jacob
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