Because numeric functions are num-, we have num-to-string.
But string names are string-, so we have string-to-number.
So if you look up the latter and write string-to-number, do whatever processing, and then want to invert it and type number-to-string, you get an error! This must be really frustrating, because now you have to go look up documentation and lose your concentration. (I rediscover this the painful way, then remember the num- rule, but if it's your first encounter you have no reason to believe the sensible name wouldn't work.)
Therefore, we should add number-to-string, and likewise look for other local consistencies that become global inconsistencies.
Because numeric functions are
num-, we havenum-to-string. But string names arestring-, so we havestring-to-number.So if you look up the latter and write
string-to-number, do whatever processing, and then want to invert it and typenumber-to-string, you get an error! This must be really frustrating, because now you have to go look up documentation and lose your concentration. (I rediscover this the painful way, then remember thenum-rule, but if it's your first encounter you have no reason to believe the sensible name wouldn't work.)Therefore, we should add
number-to-string, and likewise look for other local consistencies that become global inconsistencies.