On Mon, Jul 20, 2009 at 12:33, kyle smith<the1physic...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> At the moment "root" works like an "unzip". What you want it is some >> kind of "up-till-root" shortcut. > Yep. For now, I've added root-loc to my local copy of clojure, > although I second the name unzip.
Hmm, though this is actually precisely backwards compared to the stated in Gérard Huet's paper, isn't it? He visualized it working like a zipper, that is opening the tree (unzipping) as one navigates, and then stitching it back together (zipping) on the way back to root. Still, since the data structure is called "Zipper", its understandable to think of its primary action (navigating) as zipping, so returning to the root must then, logically, be "unzipping", which is the opposite of what I argued in the previous paragraph. ;-) And people wonder why it's hard to name things well! // ben --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
