[alexandria-devel] curry and rcurry -> papply and rpapply?

[Michael Weber]

On Jun 8, 2009, at 09:40 , Tobias C. Rittweiler wrote:

> Nikodemus Siivola <nikodemus at random-state.net> writes:
>
>> I'm not sure. I'm not totally opposed, but I'm not convinced either:
>> even if it wrong, the names are "culturally correct", if you will.
>> Names partial-apply and partial-reverse-apply would be my preferred
>> ones if we did the renaming.
>
> I find them too long. Long names can distract from the intent of the
> actual code. They're supposed to merely combine domain-level logic,  
> but
> being long they make the impression they're more than that.

FWIW, I agree with Tobias' arguments.

I'd vote for PAPPLY (and probably by extension REVPAPPLY) if there is  
to be a name change.