I disagree. Let’s not reopen what is settled. “Compact” can be a noun just as “map” and “filter” can; as long as there are no in-place variants, there can be no ambiguity. On Tue, Dec 19, 2017 at 17:11 Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution < swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2017, at 8:56 AM, John McCall <rjmcc...@apple.com> wrote: > > Therefore, SE-0187 is *accepted*, with the *revision* that the new name > be Sequence.compactMap(_:), and with the agreement that we will add > Sequence.compact() when it is possible to do so. > > > I like `compact` as the basis for the name, but I hope the core team will > consider whether the eventual nil-removal method should be called > `compacting()`, and whether therefore this method should be called > `compactingMap(_:)`. Prior art on the name `compact()` does exist, but I > don't think it's strong enough to justify deviating from the API Guidelines. > > I don't think we need a full review on this tiny issue; five minutes of > the core team's time should more than suffice. > > -- > Brent Royal-Gordon > Architechies > > _______________________________________________ > swift-evolution mailing list > swift-evolution@swift.org > https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution >
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