[lang] indexOf not first or last

[Stephen Colebourne <sc...@btopenworld.com>]

From: "Phil Steitz" <ph...@steitz.com>
> Gary Gregory wrote:
> 1. Yes, the name sucks, but nothing nice jumps out at me. Of the
> alternatives that you have listed, I like "indexOfOccurrence" the best.
> Another one to consider might be "ordinalIndexOf".

I think I prefer nthIndexOf, but indexOfOccurance may also be OK.

I would also definitely add the char versions of the method. Part of the 2.0
release was adding in missing char methods, so we should keep to that for
2.1.

Stephen

> 2. Make sure to change the method names in the javadoc examples to match
> the chosen name.  Also, the last two examples should probably be
> replaced by one using a * for the integer argument.
>
> Phil
>
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: Phil Steitz [mailto:phil@steitz.com]
> >>Sent: Monday, August 25, 2003 20:24
> >>To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> >>Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release of Commons Lang 2.0 [take 2]
> >>
> >>Gary Gregory wrote:
> >>
> >>>I'll take the blame for causing any confusion on this one since I had
> >>>committed these Javadoc changes "during" the vote, which was made more
> >>>difficult due to the extremely long email delays caused by the current
> >>
> >>batch
> >>
> >>>of viruses going 'round.
> >>>
> >>>My thought was that we were indeed voting on the build based on tagged
> >>>sources and that any new commits would be in a post >2.0 release (even
> >>>though, these changes being Javadoc changes are "harmless" and
> >>
> >>beneficial to
> >>
> >>>the release IMHO ;-)
> >>>
> >>>If we want to implement a code freeze in our environment on top of
using
> >>>tags, we could do that. I guess we'd have to vote on it too :-)
> >>
> >>Sorry if I misunderstood things. I thought we were still adding things
> >>to the release. I see no reason to freeze code if we have a tagged
> >>release.  I am +1 for releasing the code prior to the javadoc changes
> >>that occurred during the vote or to adding them and retagging. If that
> >>requires a new vote, then I am OK with that as well.
> >>
> >>In any case, we should not have to stop everything as we wait for the
> >>release to go. I would also very much like to see 2.0 get out the door.
> >>
> >>Phil
> >>
> >>
> >>>Gary
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>-----Original Message-----
> >>>>From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:noel@devtech.com]
> >>>>Sent: Sunday, August 24, 2003 00:00
> >>>>To: Jakarta Commons Developers List
> >>>>Subject: RE: [VOTE] Release of Commons Lang 2.0 [take 2]
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>Well, if there is a question about policy/process, why not just
freeze
> >>>>
> >>>>the
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>code and restart the vote?
> >>>>
> >>>>By tagging the CVS, he effectively has frozen the code for the
Release.
> >>>
> >>I
> >>
> >>>>was simply curious about the policy because, as I said, other projects
> >>>
> >>are
> >>
> >>>>stricter.  For example the HTTPd team has different rules
> >>>>(http://httpd.apache.org/dev/release.html).
> >>>>
> >>>>A Release Manager makes a release build, and it is automatically an
> >>>
> >>alpha.
> >>
> >>>>It becomes a beta release when at least three Committers have voted
beta
> >>>>status, and there are more +1 than -1.  It becomes a GA release when
at
> >>>>least three Committers vote for GA (stable) status, and there are more
> >>>
> >>+1
> >>
> >>>>than -1.  Notice that -1 is not a veto.  Notice, also, that the
package
> >>>>itself may go through multiple status changes, but no packaging
changes.
> >>>>The only allowable change is renaming the file to reflect the change
in
> >>>>status; exceptions can be made if a change in the contents of the
> >>>
> >>tarball
> >>
> >>>>(e.g., someone forgot to add the LICENSE file).  Otherwise, if a
change
> >>>
> >>in
> >>
> >>>>the CVS needs to be incorporated, it becomes a new release (with a new
> >>>>vote).
> >>>>
> >>>>Other projects, such as Avalon, also roll jars and then vote on them
as
> >>>
> >>a
> >>
> >>>>Release.  So I was just asking to understand what is established as
> >>>
> >>policy
> >>
> >>>>here.  I wasn't challenging Henri's release.
> >>>>
> >>>> --- Noel
> >>>>
> >>>>
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Re: [lang] indexOf not first or last

[Anton Tagunov <at...@mail.cnt.ru>]

Hello Stephen!

SC> From: "Phil Steitz" <ph...@steitz.com>
>> Gary Gregory wrote:
>> 1. Yes, the name sucks, but nothing nice jumps out at me. Of the
>> alternatives that you have listed, I like "indexOfOccurrence" the best.
>> Another one to consider might be "ordinalIndexOf".

SC> I think I prefer nthIndexOf, but indexOfOccurance may also be OK.

nIndexOf was so short to type and easy to remember, ugly, but
laboriolus duck..

Anton