From: Meinrad Recheis <meinrad.recheis@...>
Date: 2008-06-10T20:42:22+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:17184] Re: Enumerable::Enumerator#with_memo

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Akinori MUSHA <knu@idaemons.org> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> Earlier today I added a new instance method named `with_memo' to
> Enumerable::Enumerator, but I'm not 100% sure if the name fits the
> function.
>
> Some other options I could think of include:
>
> with:
>    - too general; may clash with a reserved keyword in future
>
> with_object:
>    - not bad, but too unspecific and a bit too long to use often
>
> with_obj:
>    - looks terrible when we have ObjectSpace.each_object
>
> with_accum:
>    - too specific
>
>
> Anyone think of a better name?


The method's semantic can be seen as "carrying" an object/value along while
iterating over a sequence. Hence the name "carry" would also suit.

To avoid any confusion about what the method returns we could discuss
introducing a method "carry" which returns self and a method
"carry_and_return" which returns the carry.

-- henon

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On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Akinori MUSHA &lt;<a href="mailto:knu@idaemons.org">knu@idaemons.org</a>&gt; wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Hi,<br>
<br>
Earlier today I added a new instance method named `with_memo&#39; to<br>
Enumerable::Enumerator, but I&#39;m not 100% sure if the name fits the<br>
function.<br>
<br>
Some other options I could think of include:<br>
<br>
with:<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;- too general; may clash with a reserved keyword in future<br>
<br>
with_object:<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;- not bad, but too unspecific and a bit too long to use often<br>
<br>
with_obj:<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;- looks terrible when we have ObjectSpace.each_object<br>
<br>
with_accum:<br>
 &nbsp; &nbsp;- too specific<br>
<br>
<br>
Anyone think of a better name?</blockquote><div><br>The method&#39;s semantic can be seen as &quot;carrying&quot; an object/value along while iterating over a sequence. Hence the name &quot;carry&quot; would also suit. <br>
<br>To avoid any confusion about what the method returns we could discuss introducing a method &quot;carry&quot; which returns self and a method &quot;carry_and_return&quot; which returns the carry.<br><br>-- henon<br><br>
</div></div><br>

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