[Cuis-dev] Message rename suggestion

Andres Valloud ten at smallinteger.com
Thu May 21 13:52:32 PDT 2020


How about you keep the original code with the original initials?  TIA!

On 5/21/20 13:37, Hernan Wilkinson via Cuis-dev wrote:
> I uploaded another changeset to keep messages #head: and #tail: to avoid 
> misunderstandings
> 
> Hernan.
> 
> 
> 
> On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 5:11 PM Hernan Wilkinson 
> <hernan.wilkinson at 10pines.com <mailto:hernan.wilkinson at 10pines.com>> wrote:
> 
>     I just uploaded a changeset with the renames and tests for these new
>     messages
> 
>     Cheers!
>     Hernan.
> 
>     On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:23 PM Hernan Wilkinson
>     <hernan.wilkinson at 10pines.com <mailto:hernan.wilkinson at 10pines.com>>
>     wrote:
> 
>         having the word First makes it easier to find in the "message
>         names" and "cuis finder" tools...
>         Do not get me wrong, it is not that I do not like head: or
>         tail:, it is just a matter of consistency regarding the names
>         that already exist.
> 
>         On Tue, May 19, 2020 at 12:11 PM Andres Valloud via Cuis-dev
>         <cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st <mailto:cuis-dev at lists.cuis.st>> wrote:
> 
>             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.
>              >>
>              >> --
>              >> *Hernán Wilkinson
>              >> Agile Software Development, Teaching & Coaching*
>              >> *Phone: +54-011*-4893-2057
>              >> *Twitter: @HernanWilkinson*
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>              >
>              > I have no preference. Andrés? Folks? What do you all think?
>              >
>              > Thanks,
>              >
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>         *Hernán Wilkinson
>         Agile Software Development, Teaching & Coaching*
>         *Phone: +54-011*-4893-2057
>         *Twitter: @HernanWilkinson*
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> 
> 
>     -- 
>     *Hernán Wilkinson
>     Agile Software Development, Teaching & Coaching*
>     *Phone: +54-011*-4893-2057
>     *Twitter: @HernanWilkinson*
>     *site: http://www.10Pines.com <http://www.10pines.com/>*
>     Address: Alem 896, Floor 6, Buenos Aires, Argentina
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> *Hernán Wilkinson
> Agile Software Development, Teaching & Coaching*
> *Phone: +54-011*-4893-2057
> *Twitter: @HernanWilkinson*
> *site: http://www.10Pines.com <http://www.10pines.com/>*
> Address: Alem 896, Floor 6, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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