<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;" class=""><div class=""><br class=""></div><div><blockquote type="cite" class=""><div class="">On 25 Jun 2016, at 11:06, Karl via swift-evolution <<a href="mailto:swift-evolution@swift.org" class="">swift-evolution@swift.org</a>> wrote:</div><div class=""><div class="" style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space;"><div class=""><br class=""><ul class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; padding-left: 2em; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 16px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); font-family: 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, 'Segoe UI', Arial, freesans, sans-serif, 'Apple Color Emoji', 'Segoe UI Emoji', 'Segoe UI Symbol'; font-size: 16px; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">floor()</code> and <code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">ceil()</code>, exactly like C. <code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">ceiling()</code> is more descriptive and is a <a href="http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CeilingFunction.html" class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-text-decoration-skip: objects; color: rgb(64, 120, 192); text-decoration: none;">mathematical term of art</a>.</li><li class="" style="box-sizing: border-box;"><code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">nextIntegralUp()</code> and <code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">nextIntegralDown()</code> are more descriptive still, but possibly misleading as <code class="" style="box-sizing: border-box; font-family: Consolas, 'Liberation Mono', Menlo, Courier, monospace; font-size: 13.600000381469727px; padding: 0.2em 0px; margin: 0px; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.0392157); border-top-left-radius: 3px; border-top-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-right-radius: 3px; border-bottom-left-radius: 3px;">(4.0).nextIntegralUp() == 4.0</code></li></ul></div></div></div></blockquote>I'm in favour of these capabilities being there, but in terms of naming I've often wondered why it can't just be part of a rounding group of methods like so:</div><div><br class=""></div><div><font face="Monaco" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>func roundedUp() -> Self { … }</font></div><div><font face="Monaco" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>func roundedUp(withPrecision:Int) -> Self { … }</font></div><font face="Monaco" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>func roundedDown() -> Self { … }</font><div><font face="Monaco" class=""><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>func roundedDown(withPrecision:Int) -> Self { … }</font></div><div><br class=""></div><div>Since the methods with implied precision of zero are equivalent to floor and ceiling surely? I know floor and ceiling are pretty common terms, but they're just a form rounding when it comes down to it.</div></body></html>