Yeah, that's a good idea. I'd kind of like to call this something like Nullable since I'm not a huge fan of the name DataArray, but consistency is an important thing to maintain.
-- John On Jul 31, 2014, at 10:04 AM, Bob Nnamtrop <[email protected]> wrote: > What about naming it the Data{T} type instead of Option{T} (or Optional{T}). > Seems to fit in the DataArray{T} theme better and gives me a better idea what > it is from the name (at least once one knows about DataArrays). > > Bob > > > On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 10:56 AM, John Myles White <[email protected]> > wrote: > Julia, I think your naming suggestions will be more impactful if you're > careful to describe your opinions in terms of your subjective preferences, > rather than in terms of objective facts. Describing something as "more > intuitive" isn't a very effective rhetorical strategy if others don't already > share your intuitions. Rather than assert that X is more intuitive, it would > be great to demonstrate why your preferred name could be more intuitive. > > Just my two cents about effective argumentation strategies. > > -- John > > On Jul 31, 2014, at 8:28 AM, Júlio Hoffimann <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> One suggestion is to have it named as the more intuitive Optional{T}. >> >> Júlio. >> > >
