15 Oct
2008
15 Oct
'08
8:06 p.m.
apfelmus wrote:
but I don't like the name. In particular I don't like the "get" prefix in "getDown". I'd simply use
newtype Desc a = Desc a
what's up with "Down", "Descending" etc.? "Ord" is a symmetric, mathematical concept, no more "ascending" than "descending"! It's just a convention (created/used by functions like "sort") to sort ascending, and it annoys me a little that they're not called "sortAsc" (sortAscending) to say what they do. I'd suggest something like "ReverseOrd" or "ReverseOrder", (or "Opposite..."?) (or some abbreviated version?) -Isaac