> My main point here is tthat "_with" in the String and List modules is used to compare terms directly, and functions with the "_by" suffix accept a function and process info based on that.
I don't think we can consider the suffixes in isolation. That would be an unnatural way to organize the API. How "_with" is used in start_with? is a different meaning than split_with which is marked by the preceding verbs. So unless the preceding word is also in the same category, like max/min/uniq which are aggregations, I believe we are comparing apples and oranges. *José Valim* www.plataformatec.com.br Skype: jv.ptec Founder and Director of R&D On Mon, Dec 31, 2018 at 1:52 PM eksperimental <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, 31 Dec 2018 13:19:51 +0100 > José Valim <[email protected]> wrote: > > From your group of functions, I would argue that only chunk_by is similar > > to similar split_with, as the other functions are about computing a > > property from the data. So they may use the same suffix but the suffix > may > > not necessarily mean the same thing. > > Thank you José for taking the time to answer. > My main point here is tthat "_with" in the String and List > modules is used to compare terms directly, and functions with the "_by" > suffix accept a function > and process info based on that. > > The connotation that "_with" has on me is that an argument contains this > term; > while "_by" implies to do something like split, sort, group based on this > condition/rule which > happens to always be a function, not a term to compare to. > > I would also love to hear the opinion of native speakers. > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/20181231195201.1b3d1c08.eksperimental%40autistici.org > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4%2BiA1nJooFZDUhN8xhjGWeedo2-jNEQu4z%2Bfa6YCMS-sg%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
