more naming

[Justin Johansson]

On 23/01/11 03:27, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> OK, so we have replace(haystack, needle, nail) which replaces _all_
> occurrences of needle in haystack with nail. How would you call a
> function that replaces only the _first_ occurrence of needle with nail?
>
> Must be a distinct function, not a runtime parameter to the existing
> function. This is because the function that replaces only one occurrence
> only requires nail to be an input range.
>
>
> Andrei

If you articulate this question to yourself over and over until you 
understand the *salient* problem (i.e. the real problem that sticks out) 
you will answer your own question and then have no need to resort to 
newsgroup answers.

If you are feeling lost, a good tactic to solve your problem is to think 
about function signatures in all their D glory not forgetting, of 
course, about D's innovative transitive xxx (const/immutable) constructs 
to include in the specification of your function(s).

Justin