Stupid little iota of an idea

Jacob Carlborg doob at me.com
Sat Feb 12 09:02:41 PST 2011


On 2011-02-12 00:55, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 2/11/11 7:07 AM, foobar wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu Wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> I don't find the name "iota" stupid.
>>>
>>> Andrei
>>
>> Of course _you_ don't. However practically all the users _do_ find it
>> poorly named, including other developers in the project.. This is the
>> umpteenth time this comes up in the NG and incidentally this is the
>> only reason I know what the function does.
>>
>> If the users think the name is stupid than it really is. That's how
>> usability works and the fact the you think otherwise or that it might
>> be more accurate mathematically is really not relevant. If you want
>> D/Phobos to be used by other people besides yourself you need to
>> cater for their requirements.
>
> Not all users dislike iota, and besides arguments ad populum are
> fallacious. Iota rocks. But have at it - vote away, and I'll be glad if
> a better name for iota comes about.
>
> Andrei

I vote:

1) 1 .. 4
2) range

If we ever get the uniform function call syntax in D then this could work:

1.upto(4)

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg


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