Enum.group_count/2 would be a name that describe better what this function does
IMO, but it
wouldn't work as Enum.group_by/3 since this one groups by key, and group_count
would group by
elements ({key, value})
On Sun, 6 Oct 2019 01:09:06 +0700
eksperimental <eksperimen...@autistici.org> wrote:
> The problem I have with Enum.count_by/2 is that I wouldn't be able just by
> looking at the name to
> tell it apart from Enum.count/2 which takes a function as a second argument
>
> How will this function work with enumerables other than lists? the way it
> currently does is
> correct?
>
> iex(6)> Enum.tally %{a: 1, b: 2}
> %{{:a, 1} => 1, {:b, 2} => 1}
>
>
> On Fri, 4 Oct 2019 21:55:09 -0400
> Bruce Tate <br...@grox.io> wrote:
>
> > Count by is excellent. Better than either of the alternatives.
> >
> > -bt
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 4, 2019 at 8:55 PM José Valim <jose.va...@plataformatec.com.br>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > So I am not a native speaker, but “tally” sounds very foreign to me. Is it
> > > used frequently? I am afraid an uncommon name won’t help with
> > > readability/discovery. Is there a reason why it is not called count_by? It
> > > seems it was first proposed as such to Ruby. Thank you for the proposal!
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