Sun, 14 Feb 2010 11:18:02 -0600, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > Leandro Lucarella wrote: >> Michel Fortin, el 14 de febrero a las 07:48 me escribiste: >>> On 2010-02-14 05:12:41 -0500, Jacob Carlborg <[email protected]> said: >>> >>>> It iterates backwards, all the way back to the 50s. I think "reverse" >>>> is a much better word. >>> Agree. >>> >>> My dictionary says: "retro": imitative of a style, fashion, or design >>> from the recent past. >>> >>> It's an amusing name in the way Andrei likes it, but the meaning isn't >>> very clear. "reverse" would be a better name. >> >> This is a pattern in Andrei, which I think it really hurts the language >> (the names are very clever and funny, but that shouldn't be the point >> of a name, a name should be clear). > > At least in this case being funny was not the point. I needed a name > that was (a) short, (b) different from "reverse", (c) memorable. It is > understood that other paint colors are available, but please don't > forget to give a little love to the painter. :o) It would be of course > best if names that arguably hurt the language were changed, so please > compile a list.
It sounds like a flaw in the language design if the symbols for reversing arrays and ranges somehow conflict.
