[swift-evolution] [Review] SE-0032: Add find method to SequenceType

[Jose Cheyo Jimenez]

+1 for the name change. 

> On Apr 29, 2016, at 5:12 PM, Max Moiseev via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> HI all,
> 
> After having discussed this proposal with the members of the standard library team, we would like to propose the following updates:
> 
> - Since both the language and the standard library have evolved since it was written, the proposal should reflect these changes (things like renaming `Generator` to `Iterator`, adjusting for first argument label rules etc.)
> (Actually, while writing this, I discovered https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/276 <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/pull/276>)
> - We believe that renaming `find(_:)` to `first(where:)` would make call sites more clear
> 
> // original proposal
> numbers.find { isPrime($0) }
> numbers.find(isPrime)
> 
> // suggested update
> numbers.first { isPrime($0) }
> numbers.first(where: isPrime)
> 
> In the examples above, when the predicate is passed as a trailing closure, there is no big difference in the invocation, but it changes when we have a named function that we would like to use as a predicate.
> The Collection protocol already has a property called `first`, that returns an optional element, it also has a method `index(where:)`. In this sense `first(where:)` does not introduce new words to the library vocabulary.
> 
> max
> 
>> On Apr 28, 2016, at 11:11 AM, 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 "SE-0032: Add find method to SequenceType" begins now and runs through May 3. The proposal is available here:
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>> 	https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0032-sequencetype-find.md <https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0032-sequencetype-find.md>
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