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Posted to dev@commons.apache.org by Eric Barnhill <er...@gmail.com> on 2018/11/02 23:57:43 UTC
Re: [numbers] Making fractions VALJOs
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 1:52 AM Stephen Colebourne <sc...@joda.org>
wrote:
>
> The order of the static constants is also strange - I'm sure a more
> logical order could be chosen.
>
I have rearranged the constants into the order 0, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4,
3/4 . I propose dropping the constants
for fifths and negative one. One needs to draw the line somewhere
reasonable. Any objections?
Re: [numbers] Making fractions VALJOs
Posted by Gilles <gi...@harfang.homelinux.org>.
On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 17:00:19 -0700, Eric Barnhill wrote:
> Second question, is there any reason not to use syntactic sugar for
> distinctions between "multiply" and "
> multpliedBy"? With the former being the suger, if the latter is a
> better
> standard.
Statement needs some reference before we embark on changing names
for longer ones. Cf. my previous post:
https://markmail.org/message/r5hxy5f4eduxp2vn
[If the rationale is "correct English", fine, but then all the
modules must be modified accordingly.]
> It seems like both sides of the fence can be easily bridged here.
IMO, syntactic sugar should be justified by more than sparing
4 keystrokes, especially if we want to induce usage of proper
spelling.
Regards,
Gilles
> On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:57 PM Eric Barnhill <er...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 1:52 AM Stephen Colebourne
>> <sc...@joda.org>
>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> The order of the static constants is also strange - I'm sure a more
>>> logical order could be chosen.
>>>
>>
>> I have rearranged the constants into the order 0, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3,
>> 1/4,
>> 3/4 . I propose dropping the constants
>> for fifths and negative one. One needs to draw the line somewhere
>> reasonable. Any objections?
>>
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Re: [numbers] Making fractions VALJOs
Posted by Eric Barnhill <er...@gmail.com>.
Second question, is there any reason not to use syntactic sugar for
distinctions between "multiply" and "
multpliedBy"? With the former being the suger, if the latter is a better
standard.
It seems like both sides of the fence can be easily bridged here.
On Fri, Nov 2, 2018 at 4:57 PM Eric Barnhill <er...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 1:52 AM Stephen Colebourne <sc...@joda.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> The order of the static constants is also strange - I'm sure a more
>> logical order could be chosen.
>>
>
> I have rearranged the constants into the order 0, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3, 1/4,
> 3/4 . I propose dropping the constants
> for fifths and negative one. One needs to draw the line somewhere
> reasonable. Any objections?
>
Re: [numbers] Making fractions VALJOs
Posted by Gilles <gi...@harfang.homelinux.org>.
On Fri, 2 Nov 2018 16:57:43 -0700, Eric Barnhill wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 1:52 AM Stephen Colebourne
> <sc...@joda.org>
> wrote:
>
>>
>> The order of the static constants is also strange - I'm sure a more
>> logical order could be chosen.
>>
>
> I have rearranged the constants into the order 0, 1, 1/2, 1/3, 2/3,
> 1/4,
> 3/4 . I propose dropping the constants
> for fifths and negative one. One needs to draw the line somewhere
> reasonable. Any objections?
I think that only "zero" and "one" should be kept: The rest
has no particular use or meaning within the component; better
leave them to the application layer, and keep this API lean.
Did you have a look at the updated description:
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NUMBERS-74
?
Regards,
Gilles
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