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On Mon, Jul 28, 2003 at 11:12:53AM -0700, Jim White wrote: > scgmille@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > >First, if we are to use collection-fold-keys-increasing, it makes sense > >that collection-fold-left is renamed to collection-fold-increasing as > >well. > > > >Second, Is there any objection to adding the procedures collection-fold > >and collection-fold-keys as synonyms for collection-fold-increasing and > >collection-fold-keys-increasing respectively? > > I'm skeptical of both changes. The fold concept is spatial (thus > addressing unordered collections) and increasing/decreasing is > explicitly ordered. I agree actually. > > And what about ordered vs unordered key enumeration? Are you really > saying ordered key enumeration is the only option? No. Again arguing for left and right fold, which are more vague but more flexible. Scott
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