From: Derek Wyatt <tone_hole@...>
Date: 2005-03-18T11:57:46+09:00
Subject: Re: Convert a Hash into an Array

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| I respectfully disagree. I was SURE from the name that it must be some
| function to modify the original array, inserting new entries. It took
| me a long time to understand what it was for.
|
| Obviously we can't ditch the old name (for backwards-compatibility
| reasons) but a better alias that is promoted to new users would be a
| good idea, IMHO.
|
| How about #each_with_state for a name? #accumulate (or #accum) is not a
| bad name, but also implies to me that the result will be the
| sum/product/concatenation of values. How would #accum fit for the ri
| example of using #inject to find the longest item in a list, for
| example? Some form of accumulation is one of the more common uses of
| #inject (I gather) but by no means the only use.

Is not #reduce the name we're looking for?  Or is it not faithful enough
to lisp to rip off the name?

Regs,
D
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