Re: [gobo-eiffel-develop] Backward iterators

[Paul M. <jum...@gm...>]

On Sat, Nov 1, 2008 at 1:52 PM, Colin Paul Adams
<co...@co...> wrote:
>>>>>> "Eric" == Eric Bezault <er...@go...> writes:
>
>    >> *_backwards seems straight-forward.
>
>    Eric> My dictionary says that Americans use "backward" instead of
>    Eric> "backwards".
>
> There's a subtle difference in meaning in England, in that the former
> could be construed as a slight. But i don't object.

FWIW:

backward and backwards both have negative connotations in the US.
When used appropriately here, they both refer to a static orientation.

For movement, we use forward and reverse.

-paul


>
>
>    Eric> We could have the forward(s) and backward(s) versions, and
>    Eric> have `do_all' use one or the other (when people don't care
>    Eric> about the direction of the traversal). For example in
>    Eric> DS_CONTAINER we have `do_all' since we don't really know or
>    Eric> care about traversal directions. In class DS_LINEAR it could
>    Eric> be implemented using `do_forward(s)'.
>
> That sounds good to me. You might try selling it to Manu for Free ELKS
> too. There wouldn't be any compatibility (I left out the preceding
> adjective :-) ) problem, either.
> --
> Colin Adams
> Preston Lancashire
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