From: Jim Weirich <jim.weirich@...>
Date: 2008-08-01T11:50:50+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:18040] Re: New array methods cycle, choice, shuffle (plus bug in cycle)

On Jul 31, 2008, at 7:33 PM, Charles Oliver Nutter wrote:

> choice is a noun. choose, map, select, collect, etc are imperative  
> verbs.


Interesting.  I tend to prefer nouns for methods returning values and  
verbs for methods called mainly for side effects.  But obviously the  
Ruby library doesn't follow my preferred conventions. :)

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