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

[Jarod Long]

> On Feb 11, 2016, at 15:20, Erica Sadun <erica at ericasadun.com> wrote:
> 
>> On Feb 11, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Dave Abrahams <dabrahams at apple.com <mailto:dabrahams at apple.com>> wrote:
>> 
>> For the record, I do not feel at all confident anything like this will
>> end up in swift.  This feature was proposed back in 2013, before Swift
>> was released, eventually accepted then not implemented because we were
>> out of time, then revised, then re-accepted and implemented, then ripped
>> out of the compiler because of various concerns about what it does to
>> the shape of the language (e.g. is this just a second version of
>> “mutating?”  What about classes?).  Based on history, I don't think it's
>> a sure bet, and I personally may be out of energy and time to fight for
>> it.  But we'll have to see...
>> 

Interesting -- I wasn't aware of the history of the proposal. I would be very interested in revisiting it to get the consideration of the larger Swift community. Is this something that would be reasonable in the Swift 3 timeframe, or should this wait until we can discuss Swift 4?

> Using foo and fooInPlace is obvious, understandable, and easy. As a suffix, it perfectly communicates the difference between a mutating and non-mutating version, and doesn't involve anything on the level of gerunds, past participles, pluperfects, prozac, or anything like that.
> 
> -- E

As for the immediate situation, I agree with this. InPlace feels clunky, but it's the only naming-based solution I've seen that clearly communicates the semantics in all cases.

Jarod 

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