[swift-evolution] Renaming bitPattern and truncatingBitPattern

[Jacob Bandes-Storch]

More brainstorming:

UInt8(bitsOf: someInt8)
UInt8(byTruncating: someBiggerInt)

On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 1:37 PM, David Turnbull via swift-evolution <
swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:

> I propose upgrading bit-casting labels to match the new API design
> guidelines. Here's what we have today:
>
> UInt8(bitPattern: someInt8)
> Uint8(truncatingBitPattern: someBiggerInt)
>
> "Bit pattern" has the needless word "pattern" while not reading well due
> to the lack of a verb or preposition. Simply "bits" will not be confused
> with something else in this context. "Truncating" is the present participle
> which is confusing.
>
> I like:
> UInt8(fromBits: someInt8)
> Uint8(truncateBits: someBiggerInt)
>
> -david
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 16, 2016 at 11:29 AM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <
> swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>
>>
>> on Tue Feb 16 2016, David Turnbull <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > My last week was spent reading files with huffman coding. So I had no
>> > choice but to use bitwise operations. My experience is that Swift got
>> this
>> > right (except for "truncatingBitPattern" taking up 25% of an 80 column
>> > line).
>>
>> Suggestions for improved names welcomed.
>>
>
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