Devoxx - filter, partition and offset

[James Shaw]

On 3 Apr 2013 16:10, "Brian Goetz" <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
>
> >> Perhaps keep() and reject()? I'm sure there are other names, but
> >> filter alone feels very unclear. (I can't remember which it is now).
> >
> > Of the things in my email, its this single filter() method that most
> > bothers me (and wasn't commented on).
>
> A few people (but not many) have raised this issue before.  And, it's
> been discussed by the EG.  The consensus was that this is maybe
> something that maybe confuses some people for about the first 15
> seconds, and thereafter they never think about it again.
Fwiw, I'd expect filter to retain elements that satisfy a predicate. Any
other method would feel like a double negative to me.