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Re: map.el and naming
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Nicolas Petton |
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Re: map.el and naming |
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Sun, 12 Apr 2015 16:52:23 +0200 |
Stefan Monnier writes:
>>>> "dict-" is short. "Dictionary" is another well-known name for a mapping
>>>> data structure.
>>> "dict-" is OK with me.
>> It would be fine (short and meaningful), but I don't really like how it
>> sounds. I know I'm being picky here...
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> I also prefer "map-" in general, FWIW.
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>> Thanks for the suggestions everyone, I'll think about this for a while.
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> So it seems the alternative is between finding a replacement for the
> "map, the type" (where "dict" is the best candidate so far) and finding
> a replacement for "map, the operation" (not sure what the best
> candidates would be here, maybe "iterate", or "loop", or "visit"?).
The candidate I like the most is "apply": `map-apply', `map-keys-apply'
and `map-values-apply'.
Nico
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