Am 22.01.2011 18:46, schrieb Andrei Alexandrescu:
On 1/22/11 11:38 AM, Torarin wrote:
2011/1/22 Andrei Alexandrescu<[email protected]>:
OK, so we have replace(haystack, needle, nail) which replaces _all_
occurrences of needle in haystack with nail. How would you call a
function
that replaces only the _first_ occurrence of needle with nail?
Must be a distinct function, not a runtime parameter to the existing
function. This is because the function that replaces only one occurrence
only requires nail to be an input range.
Andrei
It sounds like the current replace should be named replaceAll.
Torarin
That's what I'm fearing - changing current replace to replaceAll and
adding replace with the meaning of replaceFirst would silently change
the semantics of existing code.
Andrei
IMHO replace (without eny suffix) sounds like it replaces every occurence.
So just add replaceFirst for a function that replaces only the first
occurence :)
Cheers,
- Daniel
