inconsistent naming of Stream.sorted()?

[Lattie]

How about calling it ordered() if it is a property of the stream?

On Thursday, May 23, 2013, Brian Goetz wrote:

> Sort of :)
>
> "sorted" is an adjective as well: "This list is sorted".  This is a
> slightly different statement than "this list has been sorted", where
> sorted is used as a past participle.
>
> The intent of this naming choice was that the method would produce a
> stream that has the property of being sorted.  In that way, it is
> consistent with:
>
>    Stream.sequential()
>    Stream.parallel()
>    Stream.unordered()
>    Stream.distinct()
>
> Granted, there are two subgroups here; one is sorted and distinct, where
> the named attribute describes the *elements*, and the others describe a
> property of the the *stream*, but I don't really see it as being
> inconsistent.
>
> I think calling it "sort" would be much worse.  (Then we'd have to
> rename distinct to something like makeDistinct or removeDuplicates or
> filterDuplicates.)
>
> On 5/23/2013 10:40 AM, Gernot Neppert wrote:
> > 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?
> >
>
>