Arrays methods

[Doug Lea]

On 01/11/13 18:48, Joe Bowbeer wrote:
> indexes vs. indices:
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> As a technical reviewer, I prefer indices.

Ditto.

-Doug



>
> 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>).
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> http://grammarist.com/usage/indexes-indices/
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> On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:44 PM, Kevin Bourrillion <kevinb at google.com
> <mailto:kevinb at google.com>> wrote:
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>     On Fri, Jan 11, 2013 at 2:23 PM, Tim Peierls <tim at peierls.net
>     <mailto:tim at peierls.net>> wrote:
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>         And <bikeshed> isn't "indices" better than "indexes"? </bikeshed>
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>     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
>     <mailto:kevinb at google.com>
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