[Cuis-dev] Message rename suggestion
Andres Valloud
ten at smallinteger.com
Tue May 19 08:10:54 PDT 2020
I do not recall hearing that e.g. allButFirst is difficult to find.
On 5/19/20 07:46, Juan Vuletich via Cuis-dev wrote:
> On 5/18/2020 7:10 PM, Hernan Wilkinson via Cuis-dev wrote:
>> Hi,
>> the messages #head: and #tail: were added recently to
>> SequenceableCollection with a similar behavior as #first: and #last:
>> but with the difference that #head: returns the first available
>> elements while #first: signals an exception if you want more elements
>> than available. The same for #tail:
>> My suggestion is to rename #head: with #firstAvailable: and #tail:
>> with #lastAvailable: for them to be similar with the current #first:
>> and #last: message names, and therefore make them easier to find in
>> the browser, the message names and cuis finder.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Cheers!
>> Hernan.
>>
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>
> I have no preference. Andrés? Folks? What do you all think?
>
> Thanks,
>
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> Juan Vuletich
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