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On Sat, 27 Mar 2021 04:58:11 +0100, Darren Duncan <darren@darrenduncan.net> wrote: > On 2021-03-26 4:00 p.m., Christian Walde wrote: >> Frankly, we just need someone from PSC to tell Scott to go ahead with the >> latter, and put out a call figuring out the best combination of names. And i >> find it ... less than optimal to string him along further like this. > > I have a proposal on the naming which fits my general sensibilities. > > Use trim() for the version which modifies its argument, and trimmed() for the > version that doesn't and returns the result. > > The idea here is that the modify-argument is named with a verb, "trim" (short > for "trim this"), because it "takes some action". > > And the non-modifying version is named with a noun or an adjective, "trimmed" > (short for "trimmed version of this"), because it finds a value corresponding to > the input sans bounding whitespace, and does not "do" anything. Yep, this was recommended in the github issue and is one nice solution. For those who haven't yet, this is a must read here: https://github.com/Perl/perl5/pull/17999 :) (I have no particular opinion on triml and trimr, might be nice.) -- With regards, Christian WaldeThread Previous | Thread Next