Arrays methods

[Joe Bowbeer]

I agree with the critique of 'fill' names.

I like 'set' names.




On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Mike Duigou <mike.duigou at oracle.com> wrote:

> Arrays.indexFill(array, fn)
> Arrays.indexedFill(array, fn)
> Arrays.fillIndexed(array, fn)
> Arrays.indexedSet(array, fn)
>
> I think it might be better to stay away from "fill" names because the
> current fill methods all have the property that every array element is
> assigned the same value. This new operation allows a different value to be
> assigned to each element.
>
> Mike
>
> On Mar 13 2013, at 12:25 , Brian Goetz wrote:
>
> >> If we added
> >>
> >>      <T> void fill(T[], IntFunction<T> gen)
> >>
> >> then existing calls to
> >>
> >>   fill(array, null)
> >>
> >> would become ambiguous.  Doh.  (But the other 17 forms are not
> >> problematic.)
> >>
> >> Any suggestions for alternate names?
> >
> > Arrays.generate(array, fn)
> > Arrays.fillApplying(array, fn)
> > Arrays.initialize(array, fn)
> > Arrays.setAll(array, fn)
> >
> > ...
>
>