From: Yusuke ENDOH <mame@...>
Date: 2011-04-13T22:10:21+09:00
Subject: [ruby-core:35740] Re: [Ruby 1.9 - Feature #4574] Numeric#within

Hello,

2011/4/13  <redmine@ruby-lang.org>:
> I prefer this sort of method be an instance method of Range.

I can accept Range method, but why?
I think that the subject of this feature is the limited Numeric.


> You propse Range#bound, �but 'bound' as a verb is similar to jump/leap (and its intransitive), isn't it? Do you mean past particle form of 'bind' ?

It resembles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_and_lower_bounds

But I did not think the name so deeply.
Another name is welcome.


> Anyway I propose Range#clamp as its name.
>
> Examples:
> * ((<Java 3D|URL:http://download.oracle.com/docs/cd/E17802_01/j2se/javase/technologies/desktop/java3d/forDevelopers/J3D_1_3_API/j3dapi/javax/vecmath/Tuple3d.html#clamp(double, double)>))
> * ((<DirectX|URL:http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb204824(VS.85).aspx>))

Thanks for the information.
The name would be good if it is really conventional.

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Yusuke Endoh <mame@tsg.ne.jp>