On Wed, May 11, 2016 at 7:50 AM, James Dempsey via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> So maybe that will conform to the API naming guideline? Or would the verb > have to be in the base name of the func? > > > It seems from the guidelines that the intent is for the verb to be in the > base name of the func, especially since there is another set of guidelines > for naming function parameters. > > In general the other methods in the proposal are verbs (perform(), > notify(), wait(), cancel(), etc.) > > At least for me, not including a verb makes the API read like the sentence > “The dog quickly”. This wasn’t so bad in the C API, because you could read > the word ‘dispatch’ as the verb. > > > Looking at the current GDC API, it does seem like dispatching > synchronously is the rare and special case. > > Could there be just a single dispatch() method, with async as a flag with > a default value of true? > > It might be a little ugly because most of the other parameters of the > proposed asynchronously() method would not apply in the sync case. > This is a nice idea, but unfortunately it would defeat the ability to use @noescape/rethrows/generic-return-type for the sync version. > James > > > > On May 11, 2016, at 7:14 AM, Ricardo Parada <rpar...@mac.com> wrote: > > Jacob Bandes-Storch suggested: > > synchronously(execute work: …) > > This wasn't meant to be a suggestion for the name, just pointing out what might have been a typo/inconsistency in the proposal. Jacob > > So maybe that will conform to the API naming guideline? Or would the verb > have to be in the base name of the func? > > Or perhaps: > > synchronously(dispatch work: …) > asynchronously(dispatch work: …) > > > > On May 11, 2016, at 9:32 AM, James Dempsey via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > The method names > > synchronously() > asynchronously() > > are both adverbs, not noun phrases or verb phrases. > These methods have side effects, so each name should have a verb in it to > make it a verb phrase. > > > Since these are the methods where you actually dispatch a block into a > queue > > dispatchSynchronously() > dispatchAsynchronously() > > would include the verb in the name of the methods. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution > >
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