From: "Wayne E. Seguin" <WayneESeguin@...>
Date: 2007-07-06T07:01:32+09:00
Subject: Re: Choice of the word "inject" vs what the method actually does (method naming)



On Jul 4, 9:26 am, Yukihiro Matsumoto <m...@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> In message "Re: Choice of the word "inject" vs what the method actually does (method naming)"
>     on Wed, 4 Jul 2007 21:32:06 +0900, "Wayne E. Seguin" <wayneeseg...@gmail.com> writes:
>
> |Yes I realize that an alias may be used for this, however, I am  
> |looking for insight as to the reason "inject" was chosen over  
> |something better suited like accumulate.
>
> It a method name used in Smalltalk.  Probably the primary intention
> was to pun with other -ect methods such as select, correct, or detect.
> In short, it's tradition.
>
> |(Eg. I am not looking for "just use alias" or "it's tradition" or  
> |"that's just how it is" as answers.)
>
> Oops, it might be the answer you were looking for. ;-)
>
>                                                         matz.

Thank you very much! You did answer my question of where it comes
from, the reasons.

I was not looking for "that's just the way it's done" which is a bit
different than what I said ;)