Arrays methods

[Joe Bowbeer]

indexes vs. indices:

As a technical reviewer, I prefer indices.

While indexes is more common in North America, it is more common in
informal contexts, whereas indices is generally more common in mathematical
and technical contexts (according to grammarist.com).

http://grammarist.com/usage/indexes-indices/


On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Bourrillion <kevinb at google.com>wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Tim Peierls <tim at peierls.net> wrote:
>
> And <bikeshed> isn't "indices" better than "indexes"? </bikeshed>
>>
>
> I confronted that question for Preconditions.checkPositionIndexes(), and
> concluded that "indexes" is more colloquial and no less correct.
>
>
> --
> Kevin Bourrillion | Java Librarian | Google, Inc. | kevinb at google.com
>
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