Stefan Ram wrote at 2021-9-24 16:48 GMT: >"Dieter Maurer" <die...@handshake.de> writes: >>A list is ordered. Therefore, it is important where >>in this order an element is added. Thus, for a list, >>`append` is a better name than `add` -- because it already >>tells us in the name where it adds the new element. > > In a collection of texts, which is not large but mixed from > many different fields and genres, I find (using a Python > script, of course) eight hits for "added to the list" : > >|s and rock n roll can be added to the list. As - Taylor, 2012 >| of opinion was probably added to the list tow - from a dictionary >|gg and his wife might be added to the list of - Sir Walter Scott >|ships when your name was added to the list. In - Percy Bysshe Shelley >|em that wealth should be added to the list. No - Henry >|n was discovered and was added to the list of - from a dictionary >|nd said his name must be added to the list, or - Mark Twain
While a list is ordered, applications using a list may not be interested in the particular order and thus just speak of "add to the list" rather than "append to the list". Nevertheless, I find the name `append` far better than `add` for the list type - because it describes better what it is doing. I am a big fan of "speaking names". > . There was no hit for "appended to the list". > > When one says "add something to a list", it is usually understood > that one adds it at the /end/. In the case of traditional written > lists it is not possible in any other way. Really? Prepending should be as possible as appending (if one disregards implementation details). -- Dieter -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
