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

[Jim Hillhouse]

+1 for this suggestion. 

Jim

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> On Feb 11, 2016, at 1:36 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> Assuming one would want to avoid the -ed suffix (and also -ing), one might consider:
> 
> * intersectionOf(), orOf(), unionOf() (or "With" over "Of")
> * setIntersection(), setOr(), setUnion(),
> * intersectionResult(), orResult(), unionResult(),
> etc
> 
> -- E
> 
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 12:28 PM, Jacob Bandes-Storch <jtbandes at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> "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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