Stupid little iota of an idea

Andrei Alexandrescu SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org
Sat Feb 12 02:54:00 PST 2011


On 2/12/11 3:59 AM, Christopher Nicholson-Sauls wrote:
> On 02/11/11 18:46, so wrote:
>>> atob(1, 6) // easy to mix things like atoi
>>> ptoq(1, 6) // rocks imo!
>>
>> walk(1, 6) // now you have admit this is the best.
>
> I dunno.  When I see 'walk' I think of collections, not ranges.  But...
> I don't think it'd be terribly ambiguous, at least.
>
> For the record... I "get" the iota name... and I don't buy the
> eye-ambiguity with itoa.  We should be using to!string, yes?  But I'd be
> happy to see a more descriptive name, so keep at it.
>
> -- Chris N-S

Look how iota fans are coming out of the woodwork! :o)

Andrei


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