Hi
Am 2026-06-22 01:07, schrieb Morgan:
Oof. Naming.
The only term I can find that is specifically about dividing one
duration by another is "beat", but that's definitely domain-specific.
'periodCount' or 'countPeriods' come to mind. Since in 'n/d' we're
counting how many times duration 'd' occurs during duration 'n' we're
basically multiplying the duration by frequency '1/d'; the inverse of
the frequency - 'd' itself - is called the period. Which word is also
used for "named subdivision of historical time", "class-sized
subdivision of a school day", and so on.
The biggest hangup with that name is that it doesn't explicitly state
that it returns the remainder as well. periodParts? periodDivide?
Thank you for the suggestions. I quite like period. I'll also check with
Derick if he has any good ideas (and regarding the Duration divided by
Duration bit in general).
Best regards
Tim Düsterhus
