an update on the text package proposal and a call for consensus

[wren ng thornton]

On 11/16/10 3:18 PM, Duncan Coutts wrote:
> Updated proposal
> ----------------
>
> The updated proposal accepts the point that the names should be
> consistent with the List library. The substring versions are given new
> names with a suffix to distinguish them. In the break example the two
> variants are now:
>
> breakOn :: Text           ->  Text ->  (Text, Text)
> break   :: (Char ->  Bool) ->  Text ->  (Text, Text)
>
> The full set of names and types that have changed are as follows
>
> The substring functions are now named with the 'On' suffix:
>
> breakOn    :: Text ->  Text ->  (Text, Text)
> breakOnEnd :: Text ->  Text ->  (Text, Text)
>
> breakOnAll :: Text ->  Text ->  [(Text, Text)]
> splitOn    :: Text ->  Text ->  [Text]

Ooh, pretty. I like those names. The *On suffix feels right for the 
types, and it's short.

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~wren