[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0065 A New Model for Collections and Indices

[Stephen Canon]

Joe’s isn’t saying that “Indexes” is more common, rather that it’s regular (i.e. follows the usual declension rule for plurals); there’s tradeoffs each way, but using the regular plural might make it more familiar for some non-native speakers/readers.

– Steve

> On Apr 11, 2016, at 9:42 AM, Trent Nadeau via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> I disagree. According to both http://grammarist.com/usage/indexes-indices/ <http://grammarist.com/usage/indexes-indices/> and http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ind2.htm <http://www.worldwidewords.org/qa/qa-ind2.htm>, "indices" is more common in the English-speaking world (outside of parts of America and Canada) as well as in technical contexts.
> 
> On Mon, Apr 11, 2016 at 12:29 PM, Joe Groff via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
> I love irregular plurals as much as the next grammar nerd, but I think it'd be better to use the more regular, but still correct, plural "indexes" rather than "indices".
> 
> -Joe
> 
> > On Apr 10, 2016, at 2:41 PM, Chris Lattner via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
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> > Hello Swift community,
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> > The review of "A New Model for Collections and Indices" begins now and runs through April 18th. The proposal is available here:
> >
> >       https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0065-collections-move-indices.md <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0065-collections-move-indices.md>
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