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Functional input validation to make R functions more readable and robust
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Adverb "strictly" is confusing #8

Closed egnha closed 7 years ago

egnha commented 7 years ago

The function name "strictly", resp. "nonstrictly", is confusingly at odds with the use of that word in CS, where it is (essentially) a synonym for "applicative-order"/"strict", resp. "normal-order"/"non-strict", evaluation, which concerns something altogether different from input validation.

Rename strictly() and nonstrictly().

egnha commented 7 years ago

Better alternative: explicitly/implicitly. Also has a more constructive connotation.

egnha commented 7 years ago

36dd1b7171df7fc2ad11c932cc8dd1fe551b2134: "strictly"/"nonstrictly" renamed to "firmly"/"loosely"