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

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

"intersected" sounds okay to me. "unioned" is borderline, and "ored" is not
something I'd want in the standard library. Neither is "oring".

On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 11:25 AM, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:

> I see the -ed versions as short for -edSet, with the Set being implied.
> Under this reasoning, unioned == unionedSet, intersected == intersectedSet,
> thus acting as nouns not verbs, and used for non-mutating application.
>
> inPlace is only for mutating application. I mildly prefer the shorter
> union to unionInPlace, although I could argue both sides. (The latter is
> clearer but longer, the former is the short verb action that the whole
> guideline thing is supposed to endorse.)
>
> -- E
>
> On Feb 11, 2016, at 12:19 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch <jtbandes at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> 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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