Honestly, these choices seem pretty arbitrary. Everyone has a preference. ML uses Some/None, Haskell uses Just/Nothing. Some people find Something intuitive, some don't.
Given that the choices is (mostly) arbitrary, it seems best to stick with the status quo. On Mon, Nov 21, 2016 at 7:47 AM, 'Andrew Radford' via Elm Discuss < [email protected]> wrote: > Probably inherited from Haskell, like a lot of other stuff. Doubt if there > was any other thought put into it if I'm honest. > > On Monday, 21 November 2016 14:46:40 UTC, Will White wrote: >> >> Sorry, meant to say “I guess he’s already considered and rejected them”. >> >> On 21 Nov 2016, at 14:21, Will White <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> I prefer Some or None, for understanding. Though, unless Evan didn’t know >> about them, I guess we’d already have them. >> >> On 20 Nov 2016, at 23:41, Robin Heggelund Hansen <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> How about 'Some' and 'None'? >> Those are not longer to type than what we have today, and they should >> solve your initial confusion. >> >> søndag 20. november 2016 18.16.26 UTC+1 skrev Will White følgende: >>> >>> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Elm Discuss" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/to >> pic/elm-discuss/EHnuE_gGFuo/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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. > -- 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.
