toString vs. toUtf8

[Bill Baxter]

Christopher Wright wrote:
> Bill Baxter wrote:
>> Sean Kelly wrote:
>>> As an alternative, I can only suggest that toUTF8, toUTF16, and 
>>> toUTF32 be named toString, toWString, and toDString, respectively, 
>>> and Unicode should be assumed as the standard encoding format in D.
>>
>> 1) On the question of toWString vs toWstring and consistency:
>>
>> I don't think there's any clear precedent for either in Tango right 
>> now, but my question is, if tango *had* a "to uint" function, what 
>> would it be named?  toUInt or toUint?  Whatever the answer to that is 
>> should be the same as the answer to how to name a "to wstring" function.
> 
> If it had a to uint function and a to int function and a to 'sint' 
> function, what then? If it's only uint, then you can tell the difference 
> quite easily.

I don't understand you.  Tell the difference between what?

> Also, 'int' is shorter than 'string'. Not a very good comparison.

What does length have to do with whether or not the naming scheme is 
consistent?

--bb