uniform method naming convention for all lib std containers

[mw]

Coming from this thread:

https://forum.dlang.org/thread/vardsjujllftwwumqfwz@forum.dlang.org


On Saturday, 13 July 2024 at 17:41:42 UTC, mw wrote:

on doc:

https://dlang.org/phobos/std_container_rbtree.html#.RedBlackTree

I cannot find any search method?! e.g. contains, canFind.

Is this a over look? Or there are such functions else where?

On Saturday, 13 July 2024 at 18:45:37 UTC, Dennis wrote:
>
> It's the `in` operator:
>
> https://dlang.org/phobos/std_container_rbtree.html#.RedBlackTree.opBinaryRight
>
> But indeed, the documentation can be clearer about that.


On Sunday, 14 July 2024 at 02:01:44 UTC, Steven Schveighoffer 
wrote:
>
> The functions are called `equalRange` (which gives you a range 
> of all the elements that compare equal to the parameter), 
> `lowerBound` (all elements less than the parameter), and 
> `upperBound` (all elements greater than the parameter).
>
> This was not my choice, my original dcollections implementation 
> used a `find` function. It was a condition for having the type 
> added to phobos.


I think for containers, it's better to have uniform method naming 
convention, either contains, canFind or in, so writing generic 
code (e.g. via D template) is easier.