[swift-evolution] What about renaming Optional.map to Optional.mapMe ?

[Jay Zhao]

Or maybe just:  mapUnwrapped 


> On 6 Dec 2016, at 11:46, Jay Zhao <zhaojianyin at icloud.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi there,
> 
> Code explains everything:
> 
> 	
> 
> /// Maybe a bad API naming in Swift? See below:
> 
>         /// array1 can be array of any object that have a `count` method
>         let array1 = [[String]]()
>         let array2 :[String]? = nil
>         
>         
>         // I believe the confusion between `array.map` and `optionalArray.map` is really bad.
>         // Because when you read code like this, you can not tell which is which:
>         _ = array1.map({$0.count})
>         _ = array2.map({$0.count})
>         
>         // It can be clearer:
>         // 1, we pass `self.element` into the closure
>         _ = array1.map({$0.count})
>         // 2, we pass self directly into the closure
>         _ = array2.mapMe({$0.count})
> 
> 
> The mapFlat method is also problematic.
> 
> Yours,
> Jay Zhao

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