Andrei Alexandrescu wrote: > I also defined recently: > > ======================= > /** > If $(D startsWith(r1, r2)), consume the corresponding elements off $(D > r1) and return $(D true). Otherwise, leave $(D r1) unchanged and > return $(D false). > */ > bool startsWithConsume(R1, R2)(ref R1 r1, R2 r2); > ======================= > > There are a few other functions like that: one version takes a range by > value, the other takes it by reference and alters it. > > The question is, what is a good naming convention for expressing that? > Other examples: findConsume, consumeFind. > > > Andrei
I thought that that was basically what chompPrefix did, and chompPrefix seems like a great name to me, but I guess that that's not entirely generalizable: chompFind or findChomp would be a bit weird. Consume seems like the best of the ones that you suggested. It is explicitly what you're doing. It's a bit long, but the others aren't as clear. Other suggestions might be erase or remove, since you appear to be erasing/removing elements from the range. Consume is probably better though. - Jonathan M Davis P.S. You could also go for startsWithFineDiningWithAFourCourseMeal. People would absolutely love _that_ function name. ;)
