From: William James <w_a_x_man@...>
Date: 2008-03-06T02:19:58+09:00
Subject: Re: collect with index?

On Mar 5, 11:00 am, James Gray, Junior <ja...@grayproductions.net>
wrote:
> On Mar 5, 2008, at 10:54 AM, William James wrote:
>
> > On Mar 5, 5:55 am, Tim Conner <plump4...@googlemail.com> wrote:
> >> simple question:  how can I do a collect with index?
>
> > You mean "map with index".
>
> Why?  collect() is an alias for map()?  Some favor one, some the other.

Some actually favor drinking urine.  That doesn't make it right.
"map" describes what is done; "collect" does not, and is consequently
misleading.

What if "pick_and_choose" were an alias for "map"?  Would it make
sense
to use it?  No, it wouldn't.  It doesn't describe what is being done.

"map" is shorter and clearer.  There's every reason to use it and no
reason not to use it.  Just as "junior" is preferable to
"the second".

>
> There was no problem with the request.

Then there's no problem with "junior".

>
> James Gray, Junior