On 12 December 2017 at 17:23, Pavel Krivanek <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi, > > do you have some proposals for a better name for the message named > #aggregateRuns? > > (#(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 5 6 ) aggregateRuns: [ :each | each = 4]) > >>> #(#(1 2 3) #(4) #(1 2 3 5 6)). > > (#(1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4 5 6 ) aggregateRuns: [ :each | each = 4]) > >>> #(#(1 2 3) #(4) #(1 2 3) #(4) #(5 6)). > > ((1 to: 12) aggregateRuns: [ :each | (each \\ 3) = 0]) > >>> #(#(1 2) #(3) #(4 5) #(6) #(7 8) #(9) #(10 11) #(12)). > > The current comment is: > "Answer a new collection of the same species as the > receiver with elements being collections (of the receiver > species) containing those elements of the receiver > for which the given block consecutively evaluates to > the same object." > > https://pharo.fogbugz.com/f/cases/20864/add-examples-to- > SequenceableCollection-aggregateRuns > > Split is almost an obvious choice, except I feel the same as Norbert that "split methods operate on separators which are not included in the result." Maybe "groupSomethingXXX"... But after pondering a while for a better name, I wonder what is wrong with the existing? Googling "define aggregate" provides... aggregate (noun) = a whole formed by combining several separate elements. aggregate (verb) = form or group into a class or cluster. The separate elements are runs defined by the block. The existing name seems quite precise to me. cheers -ben
