Re: [boost] Re: Date-Time

From: Rob Stewart (stewart_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-04-14 11:17:50

From: David Abrahams <dave_at_[hidden]>
> "Jeff Garland" <jeff_at_[hidden]> writes:
> > On Wed, 14 Apr 2004 13:04:34 +0100, Val Samko wrote
> >> 
> >> Does that mean that add_month won't be implemented? What if we call
> >> it inc_month, instead of add_month? inc_month (Increase Month)
> >> in no way assumes that the day of the month will stay the same,
> >> it will just increase the month.
> >
> > Yes, perhaps a different name would help eliminate any confusion that we are
> > doing 'math' here.  
> 
> I think readability is more important.  Nobody but pedants have
> problems with string + string.  Likewise I think:
> 
>          d + 2*months
> 
> or whatever is better than the functional-looking alternatives.

If there was universal acceptance of what it means to add two
months to a date, I might agree.  Given the imprecise notion of
what it means to add two months, however, I disagree.
"next_month" or "increment_month" versus "add_month" better
distinguish the imprecision.

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