IMO, this is the most mathematically meaningful and semantically transparent 
solution. Floor and ceiling might be the popular terms but roundedUp/Down is 
much cleaner. 


> On 25 Jun 2016, at 20:55, Haravikk via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On 25 Jun 2016, at 11:06, Karl via swift-evolution 
>> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
>> 
>> floor() and ceil(), exactly like C. ceiling() is more descriptive and is a 
>> mathematical term of art <http://mathworld.wolfram.com/CeilingFunction.html>.
>> nextIntegralUp() and nextIntegralDown() are more descriptive still, but 
>> possibly misleading as (4.0).nextIntegralUp() == 4.0
> I'm in favour of these capabilities being there, but in terms of naming I've 
> often wondered why it can't just be part of a rounding group of methods like 
> so:
> 
>       func roundedUp() -> Self { … }
>       func roundedUp(withPrecision:Int) -> Self { … }
>       func roundedDown() -> Self { … }
>       func roundedDown(withPrecision:Int) -> Self { … }
> 
> Since the methods with implied precision of zero are equivalent to floor and 
> ceiling surely? I know floor and ceiling are pretty common terms, but they're 
> just a form rounding when it comes down to it.
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