A few very minor library issues

[Kevin Bourrillion]

On Fri, Feb 22, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:

 1. I feel the Stream methods findFirst() and findAny() can really be
>> named just first() and any().  The "find" is just odd and doesn't do
>> enough. Failing that, I'd go for firstElement() / anyElement().
>>
>
> Agree find is a little weird.  I am fine with first() but a little
> squeamish about any(), just because people who have not yet been through
> the parallelism  meat grinder already find "findAny" weird ("why is it
> different from findFirst?")
>

That seems like a concern that's roughly the same whether they have a
common prefix or suffix or not.  Though I do see the minor point about a
common prefix grouping them together so that you at least have to ponder
the difference up front...



> Also OK with firstElement() and anyElement().
>
>  2. I like Stream.substream(), but Stream.sub*S*tream() is undeniably
>>
>> consistent with the collections API (subSet, etc.; sure,
>> String.substring() doesn't follow that, but it's "farther away"). I'm
>> actually on the fence here, because I think "substream" is strictly the
>> /correct/ way to camel-case the word "substream"...
>>
>
> No strong opinion here.  What do people want?
>



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