Whither Tango?

[Nick Sabalausky]

"Andrei Alexandrescu" <SeeWebsiteForEmail at erdani.org> wrote in message 
news:hlp3bv$1als$1 at digitalmars.com...
> KennyTM~ wrote:
>>
>> Major silly names:
>>
>>  - std.iterator.retro, std.range.retro
>
> Some arond here seem to be very comfortable about it. Anyway, let's find 
> another one (can't be "reverse").
>

"reverseOf"?


>>  - std.random.dice (it is a discrete distribution...)
>
> What's wrong with dice?
>

I like it, but I can definitely understand that some people might find its 
meaning too indirect. Maybe "std.random.discrete" or "std.random.even" or 
"std.random.regular" or somethingliek that?


>>  - std.range.iota
>
> C++, APL, Go:
>
> http://bytes.com/topic/c/answers/446688-iota
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iota
>

Could it be an overload of "sequence"? It looks to me like it's just a 
special case of sequence.



>> Minor annoyances:
>>
>>  - std.contracts.enforceEx (sounds like Win32 API which you should use in 
>> favor of enforce.)
>
> Agreed. Alternative?
>

"enforceException"?


>>  - std.path.rel2abs (why not relToAbs?)
>
> It's shorter and apparently there's no trouble in understanding it.
>

It's cute. But that's probably more of a downside. I agree with the other 
person who said "To" would be much more consistent.