"Nothing" and "Just 2" are noun phrases. "Something 2" is nonsense, from a grammatical point of view.
How about we call it "The 2"? On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 9:33 AM, Will White <[email protected]> wrote: > "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. > -- 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.
