"Something 2" makes more sense to me in the context of Maybe than "Just 2".
On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 5:23:15 PM UTC, Andrew Radford wrote: > > "Something 2" ? > > I think the popular choices <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Option_type> > are Some/None and Just/Nothing. I wonder if there are any other better > versions out there... > > On Sunday, 20 November 2016 17:18:17 UTC, Will White wrote: >> >> What's strange is that "Just 2" makes it sound like the alternative is >> "*more >> than* Just 2", the *opposite* of Nothing. >> >> On Sunday, November 20, 2016 at 5:16:26 PM UTC, Will White wrote: >>> >>> I'm talking about Maybe.Just, of course. Just has always seemed strange >>> to me, as if it's hinting that it's something other than just the >>> counterpart to Nothing. I don't know the reasons behind its naming, but I >>> think I would prefer Something, as in "something or nothing". What do you >>> think? >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
