tally is a bit like score, used to talk about games. It is not super common in day to day english. count_by sounds more accurate. I like it.
On Sat, Oct 5, 2019, 03:55 Bruce Tate <[email protected]> wrote: > Count by is excellent. Better than either of the alternatives. > > -bt > > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 8:55 PM José Valim <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> So I am not a native speaker, but “tally” sounds very foreign to me. Is >> it used frequently? I am afraid an uncommon name won’t help with >> readability/discovery. Is there a reason why it is not called count_by? It >> seems it was first proposed as such to Ruby. Thank you for the proposal! >> -- >> >> >> *José Valim* >> www.plataformatec.com.br >> Skype: jv.ptec >> Founder and Director of R&D >> >> -- >> 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/CAGnRm4KqUJKyuD0CSe5gTHL761SR6CncKDD1ryTsHTuRWXFN8g%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4KqUJKyuD0CSe5gTHL761SR6CncKDD1ryTsHTuRWXFN8g%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > > > -- > > Regards, > Bruce Tate > CEO > > > <https://bowtie.mailbutler.io/tracking/hit/f8218219-d2a8-4de4-9fef-1cdde6e723f6/c7c97460-016e-45fb-a4ab-0a70318c7b97> > > Groxio, LLC. > 512.799.9366 > [email protected] > grox.io > > -- > 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/CAFXvW-5c86psRL5rf_vVtRiy_e5fDGc1%2BicM%2BZ3Z%2BD-%2BxhyS9A%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAFXvW-5c86psRL5rf_vVtRiy_e5fDGc1%2BicM%2BZ3Z%2BD-%2BxhyS9A%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAL%3D_u%3DKtedMQwiMtbEsUrPh5nL5O70ZZvwmtckVXVezzk%3DNDzg%40mail.gmail.com.
