On Wed, Aug 9, 2017 at 8:22 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> On Jul 19, 2017, at 11:21 AM, Taylor Swift via swift-evolution < > swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote: > > What about `value:`? > > `ptr.initialize(value: value)` > `ptr.initialize(value: value, count: 13)` > `ptr.initialize(as: UInt16.self, at: 0, value: value, count: 13)` > > > Doesn't read as a sentence. Consider how "initialize to 3" sounds > different from "initialize value 3". > > Personally, I'd go with: > > ptr.initialize(to: value) > ptr.initialize(to: value, repeatCount: 3) > > (Or just `repeat`/`repeating` if you don't feel like you need the word > "count" to disambiguate.) > Per Swift API naming guidelines, initializers don't have to read as sentences IIRC, and I'd be inclined to grant a function named `initialize(_:)` the same courtesy. For arrays, `repeating:` labels the repeating value, not the number of times it repeats, and the analogous labels here would indeed be `ptr.initialize(repeating: value, count: 3)`. I agree with the observations above that `repeating` looks weird if the default and most common use is 1, though; `value` is fine, I guess--or the Swiftism `pointee`?
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