Date: Wed, 9 Dec 2009 23:01:33 +0100
From: Ruben Pollan <meskio@sindominio.net>
To: Carl Worth <cworth@cworth.org>
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Subject: Re: [notmuch] [PATCH] Added regress option to tags iterator
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On 12:08, Wed 09 Dec 09, Carl Worth wrote:
> On Wed, 9 Dec 2009 14:24:46 +0100, Ruben Pollan <meskio@sindominio.net> w=
rote:
> > Do you like to call them regress? Should I change that?
>=20
> I don't love the name, (since it's so close to the word "regression"
> which has a totally different meaning in software context). But I also
> don't have an immediate suggestion for an improved name yet either.

Me neither, but as I don't have any better idea I just use regress. But we =
can
try to come up with something better.

>=20
> > What about the functions notmuch_*_is_first? Is kind of reversed logic =
than
> > notmuch_*_has_more, the last are true when is not reach the limit but t=
he
> > first ones are true when the limit is reached. But I think it make sens=
e like
> > that.
>=20
> I'd like a more symmetric API here. Anyone have a favorite set of names
> for iterating a list in two directions?

Yes, but actually are a bit different somehow. When you advance the last
iterator you can reach is a non-valid (outside the list) iterator. When you
'regress' the iterator at the end is a valid iterator, I don't see the need=
 on
get outside of the list like with advance.

So, maybe because of it have sense the functions notmuch_*_is_first. Anyway=
 I
really don't mind, one or other. To change it is trivial. It's harder to fi=
nd a
good pair of names.




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