Renaming Arithmetic to Number (and having SignedNumber) might actually end up being a win, since we need to provide SignedNumber to maintain source code compatibility anyway.
> On Jan 27, 2017, at 8:34 AM, Xiaodi Wu via swift-evolution > <[email protected]> wrote: > > I'd always just assumed that Arithmetic was chosen so that SignedArithmetic > wouldn't clash with the old SignedNumber. If that's not an issue, definitely > agree that Number is the superior name. > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 08:30 T.J. Usiyan via swift-evolution > <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > Oh, I misread the arrows in that diagram and this makes much more sense now. > > Thanks. > > On Fri, Jan 27, 2017 at 9:14 AM, Stephen Canon <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > The bitwise stuff isn't on ArithMETic | ARITHmetic | Number | whatever. > >> On Jan 27, 2017, at 9:13 AM, T.J. Usiyan via swift-evolution >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> Regarding `Number` or `Numeric`: Does everything in Arithmetic apply to >> complex numbers and do we want it to? The bitwise stuff is where I think >> that there might be a mismatch. >> >> On Thu, Jan 26, 2017 at 2:26 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution >> <[email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> on Sun Jan 15 2017, Stephen Canon <[email protected] >> <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: >> >> > Responding to the thread in general here, not so much any specific email: >> > >> > “Arithmetic” at present is not a mathematically-precise concept, and >> > it may be a mistake to make it be one[1]; it’s a >> > mathematically-slightly-fuzzy “number” protocol. >> >> >> In that case, should we consider renaming it to “Numeric” or even >> “Number?” That would at least remove the question about how to >> pronounce it. >> >> >> -- >> -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] <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] <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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