- From: Dagfinn Reiersøl <dagfinn.reiersol@opoint.com>
- Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2002 08:52:32 +0200
- To: "'www-forms@w3.org'" <www-forms@w3.org>
On Monday 26 August 2002 18:44, Micah Dubinko wrote: > >>> I prefer SelectMany because it is more descriptive. > > If you think about it, "selectMany" really should have been named > "selectZeroOrMore". It's the most general casee, so we gave it the most > general name. I have thought about it, and I realize that logically that's correct. But intutively, selectMany is easier to understand and remember because selecting many elements is the most characteristic use of it. I can use a newspaper to swat flies, but it's still a newspaper to me and not a newspaperOrFlySwatter.
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