FWIW, you can avoid the multiple-preposition issue it differently: - isLessThanOrEqual(to:) => isNotGreaterThan(_:), isAtOrBelow(_:), etc.
…neither of which I can claim to really like, but such possibilities exist. Offering in case there's a better phrasing along similar lines. > On Apr 20, 2016, at 3:08 PM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'm saying something else. The preposition that goes with "less" is "than," > while "to" goes only with "equal." By making "to" a parameter label you've > got {less than or equal} to, which is inelegant because the label cannot be > distributed to both parts--i.e. one cannot say "less than to or equal to." > > Put another way, I could just as well rewrite the method as > `equalToOrLess(than:)`. Now, the parameter is labeled "than" instead of "to," > yet the parameter serves the same purpose. Thus, I argue that the proposed > method name may meet the letter of the Swift guidelines but is awkward. > > On Wed, Apr 20, 2016 at 14:44 Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > on Tue Apr 19 2016, Xiaodi Wu <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > * What is your evaluation of the proposal? > > > > +1 in intent. Specifics require further refinement. For example: > > > > Internal inconsistencies in capitalization: > > * `signalingNaN` but `isSignalingNan` and `isNan` > > > > Parameter labels, or whatever they're called now, do not reflect newly > > adopted Swift syntax in SE-0046: > > * `static func maximum(x: Self, _ y: Self) -> Self` should be `static > > func maximum(_ x: Self, _ y: Self) -> Self`, etc. > > > > Infelicitous use of prepositions to conform superficially to new > > naming guidelines: > > * `isEqual(to:)` is fine, but for consistency there's > > `isLessThanOrEqual(to:)`, which is not fine, because the preposition > > "to" applies only to "equal" and not to "less than" > > That seems like a huge stretch to me. Are you claiming it's wrong to > say “x is less than or equal to y,” or are you saying something else? > > -- > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > <https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution> > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
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