New names - 2.068 roundup

[deadalnix via Digitalmars-d]

On Thursday, 25 June 2015 at 18:04:49 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
> On 6/25/15 6:53 AM, Vladimir Panteleev wrote:
>> On Wednesday, 24 June 2015 at 21:06:43 UTC, deadalnix wrote:
>>>> I'd like to raise concern about the Arguments name in 
>>>> std.meta . That
>>>> is not the first time I do so, but this still needs to 
>>>> change.
>>
>> I haven't participated with the discussion but I agree with 
>> the points
>> in your post.
>
> Me too. Looking at Amaury's PR, there is still much of the 
> documentation that refers to TypeTuple. It will be 
> difficult/awkward to change to "Arguments". e.g.:
>
> Returns an Arguments [instance] created from TList with the 
> first occurrence, if any, of T removed.
>
> --------
>
> Filters an Arguments [instance] using a template predicate. 
> Returns an Arguments [instance] of the elements which satisfy 
> the predicate.
>
> I think you are going to have to add "instance" anywhere you 
> are talking about Arguments. And that "Arguments instance of" 
> reads terrible.
>
> I don't know what the right name is, but I think it should be 
> singular at least.
>
> -Steve

I can do another PR to change the name. Let's already get the 
TupeTuple in the old module and remove it from std.meta so at 
least this monstrosity stay contained.