[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0067: Enhanced Floating Point Protocols

[plx]

FWIW, you can avoid the multiple-preposition issue it differently:

- isLessThanOrEqual(to:) => isNotGreaterThan(_:), isAtOrBelow(_:), etc.

…neither of which I can claim to really like, but such possibilities exist.

Offering in case there's a better phrasing along similar lines.

> On Apr 20, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> I'm saying something else. The preposition that goes with "less" is "than," while "to" goes only with "equal." By making "to" a parameter label you've got {less than or equal} to, which is inelegant because the label cannot be distributed to both parts--i.e. one cannot say "less than to or equal to."
> 
> Put another way, I could just as well rewrite the method as `equalToOrLess(than:)`. Now, the parameter is labeled "than" instead of "to," yet the parameter serves the same purpose. Thus, I argue that the proposed method name may meet the letter of the Swift guidelines but is awkward.
> 
> On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 14:44 Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
> 
> on Tue Apr 19 2016, Xiaodi Wu <swift-evolution at swift.org <mailto:swift-evolution at swift.org>> wrote:
> 
> >  * What is your evaluation of the proposal?
> >
> > +1 in intent. Specifics require further refinement. For example:
> >
> > Internal inconsistencies in capitalization:
> > * `signalingNaN` but `isSignalingNan` and `isNan`
> >
> > Parameter labels, or whatever they're called now, do not reflect newly
> > adopted Swift syntax in SE-0046:
> > * `static func maximum(x: Self, _ y: Self) -> Self` should be `static
> > func maximum(_ x: Self, _ y: Self) -> Self`, etc.
> >
> > Infelicitous use of prepositions to conform superficially to new
> > naming guidelines:
> > * `isEqual(to:)` is fine, but for consistency there's
> > `isLessThanOrEqual(to:)`, which is not fine, because the preposition
> > "to" applies only to "equal" and not to "less than"
> 
> That seems like a huge stretch to me.  Are you claiming it's wrong to
> say “x is less than or equal to y,” or are you saying something else?
> 
> --
> Dave
> 
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