Re: [boost] [Math/nextafter] A question of naming functions...

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2008-05-01 14:46:36

on Tue Apr 29 2008, Kevin Lynch <krlynch-AT-bu.edu> wrote:

> Paul A Bristow wrote:
>>  
>>> T next_greater(T val)
>>>
>>> Returns the next representable value greater than "val".
>>>
>>> T next_less(T val)
>>>
>>> Returns the next representable value less than "val".
>> 
>> pred and succ have been used elsewhere.  They are shorter.
>> 
>> 
>
> I disagree with Paul here: I prefer the longer, more descriptive names, 
> especially in a general purpose library.

We do have next() and prior() (not abbreviations!) already, which have
meaning for iterators, integers, etc.

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Dave Abrahams
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