• Jonathan M Davis (8/8) Jun 13 2011 I have a hard time believing that std.string.capwords or
• Andrei Alexandrescu (8/16) Jun 13 2011 These are not very D-like, and indeed so: they're part of Walter's
• Adam D. Ruppe (7/10) Jun 13 2011 I use capitalize from time to time. It seems to work well enough.
• Andrej Mitrovic (3/13) Jun 13 2011 And some of them probably don't even post here!
• Jonathan M Davis (9/23) Jun 13 2011 Which is why I'm asking rather than just yanking them. Just because _I_ ...
• bearophile (5/8) Jun 13 2011 What functions?
• Jonathan M Davis (8/16) Jun 13 2011 At the moment, I'm just asking about capitalize and capwords. The useful...
• Jacob Carlborg (5/13) Jun 17 2011 For example, it's used quite a lot in Ruby on Rails, converting names
• Jonathan M Davis (4/19) Jun 17 2011 It's looking like the verdict on this is that capitalize is definitely u...
• Andrej Mitrovic (12/12) Jun 13 2011 It looks like people have reimplemented capitalize in some libs:
• Jonathan M Davis (7/22) Jun 13 2011 Well, capwords is not something you're likely to find implementations of...
• Jonathan M Davis (4/28) Jun 13 2011 In any case, thanks for finding some evidence that capitalize is actuall...
• Andrej Mitrovic (3/8) Jun 13 2011 Agreed. You can already use a mix of split() and capitalize(), so

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

I have a hard time believing that std.string.capwords or 
std.string.captitalize are actually used much. It just doesn't seem to me like 
they would be generally useful functions. They're far too specific in what 
they do and aren't flexible enough. And if they're not pulling their own 
weight, then they should be removed from std.string. So, the question is:

Is there anyone on the newsgroup here who actually uses std.string.capwords or 
std.string.capitalize? And if you do, do you use them often?

- Jonathan M Davis

Andrei Alexandrescu <SeeWebsiteForEmail erdani.org> writes:

On 6/13/11 4:23 AM, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 I have a hard time believing that std.string.capwords or
 std.string.captitalize are actually used much. It just doesn't seem to me like
 they would be generally useful functions. They're far too specific in what
 they do and aren't flexible enough. And if they're not pulling their own
 weight, then they should be removed from std.string. So, the question is:

 Is there anyone on the newsgroup here who actually uses std.string.capwords or
 std.string.capitalize? And if you do, do you use them often?

 - Jonathan M Davis

These are not very D-like, and indeed so: they're part of Walter's 
experiment to include string functions from other string-savvy languages 
into Phobos1. These two particular functions are Python's:

http://my.safaribooksonline.com/book/programming/python/0201616165/working-with-strings/ch10lev1sec2

It doesn't seem like the experiment was a success. To answer your 
question, I wouldn't shed a tear if these functions were gone.

Andrei

Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 Is there anyone on the newsgroup here who actually uses
 std.string.capwords or std.string.capitalize?
 And if you do, do you use them often?

I use capitalize from time to time. It seems to work well enough.


Is there really a need to break people's code every other day just
because a random function doesn't do everything perfectly? Fixing
bugs is one thing, but removing functionality is another.

At some point, Phobos devs need to realize that people actually
*use* D.

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

On 6/13/11, Adam D. Ruppe <destructionator gmail.com> wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 Is there anyone on the newsgroup here who actually uses
 std.string.capwords or std.string.capitalize?
 And if you do, do you use them often?

 I use capitalize from time to time. It seems to work well enough.


 Is there really a need to break people's code every other day just
 because a random function doesn't do everything perfectly? Fixing
 bugs is one thing, but removing functionality is another.

 At some point, Phobos devs need to realize that people actually
 *use* D.

And some of them probably don't even post here!

I'm not sure what removing these two functions buys anyone?

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On 2011-06-13 07:07, Adam D. Ruppe wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 Is there anyone on the newsgroup here who actually uses
 std.string.capwords or std.string.capitalize?
 And if you do, do you use them often?

 
 I use capitalize from time to time. It seems to work well enough.
 
 
 Is there really a need to break people's code every other day just
 because a random function doesn't do everything perfectly? Fixing
 bugs is one thing, but removing functionality is another.
 
 At some point, Phobos devs need to realize that people actually
 *use* D.

Which is why I'm asking rather than just yanking them. Just because _I_ don't 
find them useful doesn't mean that others don't. If people actually use them, 
then there's reason to keep them. But there are a number of functions in 
std.string which at least _look_ like their of limited usefulness, and if 
they're really not used, then they shouldn't be there. However, if they really 
_are_ used, then getting rid of them would be a bad idea. So, I'm asking 
whether anyone uses them.

- Jonathan M Davis

bearophile < bearophileHUGS lycos.com> writes:

Jonathan M Davis:

 But there are a number of functions in 
 std.string which at least _look_ like their of limited usefulness, and if 
 they're really not used, then they shouldn't be there.

What functions?

(I think in Python I have used capitalize only once so far.)

Bye,
bearophile

"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On 2011-06-13 09:55, bearophile wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis:
 But there are a number of functions in
 std.string which at least _look_ like their of limited usefulness, and if
 they're really not used, then they shouldn't be there.

 
 What functions?
 
 (I think in Python I have used capitalize only once so far.)

At the moment, I'm just asking about capitalize and capwords. The usefulness 
(or lack thereof) of various std.string functions has been discussed before, 
and I think that that it's clear that some of the less basic ones may need to 
either be removed or revamped, but they need to be looked at individually. But 
at the moment, capitalize and capwords are the only functions which I'm 
concerned with.

- Jonathan M Davis

Jacob Carlborg <doob me.com> writes:

On 2011-06-13 18:55, bearophile wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis:

 But there are a number of functions in
 std.string which at least _look_ like their of limited usefulness, and if
 they're really not used, then they shouldn't be there.

 What functions?

 (I think in Python I have used capitalize only once so far.)

 Bye,
 bearophile

For example, it's used quite a lot in Ruby on Rails, converting names 
between upper and lowercase, between class and table names and so on.

-- 
/Jacob Carlborg

"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On 2011-06-17 09:13, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
 On 2011-06-13 18:55, bearophile wrote:
 Jonathan M Davis:
 But there are a number of functions in
 std.string which at least _look_ like their of limited usefulness, and
 if they're really not used, then they shouldn't be there.

 
 What functions?
 
 (I think in Python I have used capitalize only once so far.)
 
 Bye,
 bearophile

 
 For example, it's used quite a lot in Ruby on Rails, converting names
 between upper and lowercase, between class and table names and so on.

It's looking like the verdict on this is that capitalize is definitely used 
and should be kept around but that capwords isn't worth keeping.

- Jonathan M Davis

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

It looks like people have reimplemented capitalize in some libs:

D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\utils\CT.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
capitalize(char[] name) {
D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:51:pragma(ctfe) private
char[] capitalizeFirst(char[] str) {
D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:62:	return "set" ~
capitalizeFirst(name);
D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\Utils.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
capitalize(char[] name) {

And I found a match here:
D:\dev\lib\D\enticesource\plugins.d:2317:		s = std.string.capitalize(s);

I've found no match for capwords though.

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On 2011-06-13 08:50, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
 It looks like people have reimplemented capitalize in some libs:
 
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\utils\CT.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
 capitalize(char[] name) {
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:51:pragma(ctfe) private
 char[] capitalizeFirst(char[] str) {
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:62:	return "set" ~
 capitalizeFirst(name);
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\Utils.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
 capitalize(char[] name) {
 
 And I found a match here:
 D:\dev\lib\D\enticesource\plugins.d:2317:		s = 

std.string.capitalize(s);
 
 I've found no match for capwords though.

Well, capwords is not something you're likely to find implementations of by 
grepping, since the name has a good chance of being different. But regardless, 
I find it much easier to believe that someone is using capitalize than 
capwords, particularly since capitalize is a building block of capwords.

- Jonathan M Davis

Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> writes:

On 2011-06-13 08:56, Jonathan M Davis wrote:
 On 2011-06-13 08:50, Andrej Mitrovic wrote:
 It looks like people have reimplemented capitalize in some libs:
 
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\utils\CT.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
 capitalize(char[] name) {
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:51:pragma(ctfe) private
 char[] capitalizeFirst(char[] str) {
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\MiniD.d:62:	return "set" ~
 capitalizeFirst(name);
 D:\dev\lib\D\boxen\src\xf\xpose2\Utils.d:25:pragma(ctfe) char[]
 capitalize(char[] name) {
 
 And I found a match here:
 D:\dev\lib\D\enticesource\plugins.d:2317:		s =

 
 std.string.capitalize(s);
 
 I've found no match for capwords though.

 
 Well, capwords is not something you're likely to find implementations of by
 grepping, since the name has a good chance of being different. But
 regardless, I find it much easier to believe that someone is using
 capitalize than capwords, particularly since capitalize is a building
 block of capwords.

In any case, thanks for finding some evidence that capitalize is actually 
being used.

- Jonathan M Davis

Andrej Mitrovic <andrej.mitrovich gmail.com> writes:

On 6/13/11, Jonathan M Davis <jmdavisProg gmx.com> wrote:
 Well, capwords is not something you're likely to find implementations of by
 grepping, since the name has a good chance of being different. But
 regardless,
 I find it much easier to believe that someone is using capitalize than
 capwords, particularly since capitalize is a building block of capwords.

Agreed. You can already use a mix of split() and capitalize(), so
capwords might be a good candidate to remove.