Need a more generic term for Optional.split(..)

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Need a more generic term for Optional.split(..) #45

Closed runeflobakk closed 10 years ago

runeflobakk commented 10 years ago

The method-name "split" on Optional<V> and A<V> is somewhat awkward since it hints about how a value is transformed into several values. The passed Fn should describe how it will be done, e.g. splittingOn(','). Using this as an exsample, possible names can be:

the("a,b,c").explode(splittingOn(','))
the("a,b,c").toElements(splittingOn(','))
the("a,b,c").dissect(splittingOn(','))

runeflobakk commented 10 years ago

Tried some other method names. Did not feel like an improvement, so .split(..) is left as-is for now.