inconsistent naming of Stream.sorted()?

Gernot Neppert mcnepp02 at googlemail.com
Thu May 23 07:40:05 PDT 2013


Hi,

I've been testing build 90 of JDK 1.8, and I came up with this question:

Stream.sorted is the only method that uses the past participle form of the
verb that describes it.
All others, (such as filter, map, etc.) simply use the infinitive.

Was this a deliberate decision or an an oversight?


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