Nov 16 meeting notes

[David Herman]

On Nov 17, 2011, at 10:16 AM, Waldemar Horwat wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 17, 2011 at 3:49 AM, Axel Rauschmayer <axel at rauschma.de> wrote:
>> 
>> Given that Array already uses `length`, it seems like the obvious choice.
> 
> "length" is my choice as well, for the same reason. It's not writable
> in Maps and Sets, so the concerns about the semantics of writing it
> don't apply.

Calling it "length" would be a mistake. The word "length" means the measurement of a sequence:

    http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/length

Maps and sets are not intended to be ordered data structures. Their intended use is for programs that do not depend on any order of the data.

Dave