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Re: [PATCH] wrong description of string-rindex
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Ian Price |
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Re: [PATCH] wrong description of string-rindex |
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Tue, 10 Sep 2013 11:49:30 +0100 |
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Nala Ginrut <address@hidden> writes:
> - Scheme Procedure: string-rindex s char_pred [start [end]]
> Search through the string S from right to left, returning the index
> of the last occurrence of a character which
> ------
> It's actually 'first occurrence', according to the activity of function.
> And it's nonsense for 'last occurrence' since string-index does the same
> work.
I'm going to be honest, I don't think either of these are particularly
great wordings. They are both misleading in different ways, I feel.
Rather than 'first' or 'last', it would be better to use 'leftmost' and
'rightmost'
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Ian Price -- shift-reset.com
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