[swift-evolution] [Draft] Expanded min/max algorithms

[Vladimir.S]

Agree with notes about minIndex vs indexOfMin. Seems clear for me the later 
should be chosen. We have .min() so it is naturally to have .indexOfMin

But I disagree on specialized algorithms. Can't understand, how custom-made 
function with block with comparision is better than handful, clear and 
explicit method. Btw, I feel your "composition" is not obvious on what is 
going on from first look and if instance name is somethingDescriptive 
you'll have very long expression instead of method with clear name and 
obvious meaning.

What is wrong to have a set of useful and explicit methods for basic 
operations on array, map, set etc?

On 19.04.2016 21:12, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution wrote:
> Just with regard to naming, I don't think these work.  I read “minIndex”
> as “the minimum index,” and since we expect all indices to be
> comparable, that clearly implies c.minIndex() == c.startIndex.  I think
> you'd need “c.indexOfMin()”
>
> I am also really reluctant to add specialized algorithms for things
> that can be trivially composed out of existing parts, e.g.
>
>      c.indices.min { c[$0] < c[$1] }
>
> Once we start down this road, we very quickly end up with mapValues,
> mapKeys, indexOfMinimumKey, etc.