more naming

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

On 1/22/11 11:03 AM, Justin Johansson wrote:
> 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

Now I am feeling lost indeed :o).

Andrei