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Re: RFC - Data::DeepFilter

by Hofmator (Curate)
on Aug 23, 2006 at 09:37 UTC ( [id://569044]=note: print w/replies, xml ) Need Help??


in reply to RFC - Data::DeepFilter

I'm not too happy with the usage of the word 'filter'. For me, a filter is a device which takes input and allows only a certain part of the input to pass through, unmodified, so a part of the input is filtered out - think sieve. What you are doing is changing the elements. But, alas, I'm not a native speaker so I might be off here.

As a better alternative I would suggest 'apply'.

-- Hofmator

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Re^2: RFC - Data::DeepFilter
by revdiablo (Prior) on Aug 23, 2006 at 17:05 UTC
    But, alas, I'm not a native speaker so I might be off here.

    No, as a native speaker, I think you're dead on. When I think of a filter, I think of Perl's builtin grep, not its builtin map. Incidentally, Data::DeepApply sounds a bit odd. Maybe Data::Apply::Deeply. But then that makes me think it would be even better if it was Data::Massage::Deeply. =)

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