What about making the atoms a bit clearer? e.g. `:a_lt_b` and `:a_gt_b` to replace `:lt` and `:gt`? You can always introduce a third optional flag to: `DateTime.compare/2` to maintain backwards compatibility: `DateTime.compare(a, b, verbose: false)`
On Sun, Oct 30, 2022 at 3:15 AM José Valim <jose.va...@dashbit.co> wrote: > I am definitely in favor of clearer APIs. > > However, it would probably be best to explore how different libraries in > different languages tackle this. Can you please explore this? In > particular, I am curious to know if before/after mean "<" and ">" > respectively or if they mean "<=" and "=>" (I assume the former). And also > if some libraries feel compelled to expose functions such as > "after_or_equal" or if users would have to write Date.equal?(date1, date2) > or Date.earlier?(date1, date2), which would end-up doing the double of > conversions. > > -- > 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 elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4%2B3oDVk5hpF7EpfZt4Xa0k7v1Rk%2BxFF9eGtWCXmO4JfpA%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAGnRm4%2B3oDVk5hpF7EpfZt4Xa0k7v1Rk%2BxFF9eGtWCXmO4JfpA%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 elixir-lang-core+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/elixir-lang-core/CAAkfbUqg81OarngJ15LP2A5q1AGOTmRTQLv6v-VTt5oGDn%2Bhgg%40mail.gmail.com.
