Re: Parameter order for APIs

2014-05-01 Thread Alex Miller
On Wednesday, April 30, 2014 10:22:55 PM UTC-5, Colin Fleming wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > After the very interesting keyword argument debate, I have another > question about API design. Specifically I'm interested in suggestions about > parameter order. The new API guidelines, which have change

Re: Parameter order for APIs

2014-04-30 Thread Leif
Hi, Colin. I don't use 'partial' that much either, since anonymous functions are so easy to create. A fn also has the advantage (to my mind) of making it clear what arity the old and new fns have. 'Partial' turns a multi-arity fn into another multi-arity fn, which I personally think is very h