Re: Generalized vs generic

[Kevin Ryde]

Mikael Djurfeldt <address@hidden> writes:
>
> To me, the name "generalized_vector" feels a bit odd and heavy. 
> Looking in the dictionaries, it seems like the term "generic_vector"
> would be more fitting. What do the native English speakers say?

I would steer clear of "generic", since it has a specific meaning for
goops.

Shortening to perhaps "general" would read fine to me.


Something like "any-vector-ref" may be an option, since there's no
such thing as a generalized vector, they're just functions for
accessing any vector.

Except "any" doesn't read terribly well to me, it's a bit close to
srfi-1 `any' for a start.  Some other similar word maybe.