Oxford dictionary defines frequency as: the rate at which something occurs over a particular period of time or in a given sample.
In this case, the input is the given sample. So the proposed usage is consistent with the dictionary definition of the word (and my own intuition as a native speaker). On Sun, Oct 20, 2019, at 03:37, eksperimental wrote: > The problem that I have with "frequencies" is that it means RATE over a > PERIOD of time or some > other unit. > I like the move to a function name that uses nouns, instead of verbs. > I think we should speak more of "repetition", "recurrence" or "occurrences", > "instances" > my two cents > > > On Fri, 18 Oct 2019 02:17:49 +0200 > José Valim <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I am not a big fan of group_count/1 and group_count_by/2 because it starts > > to nudge us in the direction of group_min, group_min_by, and friends. > > > > Perhaps frequencies/1 and frequencies_by/2 works best (assuming it is > > clearer than tally). It at least matches better with min/max/sum, which are > > nouns? > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "elixir-lang-core" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/20191020083716.01038aeb%40localhostx. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "elixir-lang-core" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/a5a002ce-b05c-4392-b95d-7a3e00844679%40www.fastmail.com.
