Rename INDEX to REF or so?

[stylewarning]

Can we rename all lookup-like functions to ref or get? I'm always stumped by index because I wonder if it's indexing into or finding the index of something. CL uses aref, svref, elt, nth, and gethash, so they're not exactly consistent.

A nice thing about index currently is that (index i) is a good curried accessor.

[macrologist]

What about doubling up on index-like accessors? Using index for (index i) and using get for something like (flip index) ?

Sometimes you want to curry over the location and other times over the structure.

(map (flip vector:index my-vec) (make-list 1 30 400))

;; === 

(map (get my-vec) (make-list 1 30 400)) 

But its also nice to do

(map (vector:index 10) (make-list vec1 vec2 vec3)) 

I'd favor position for index-of, if we're nitpicking.

[stylewarning]

What about doubling up on index-like accessors? Using index for (index i) and using get for something like (flip index) ?

Sometimes you want to curry over the location and other times over the structure.

(map (flip vector:index my-vec) (make-list 1 30 400))



;; === 



(map (get my-vec) (make-list 1 30 400)) 

But its also nice to do

(map (vector:index 10) (make-list vec1 vec2 vec3)) 

I'd favor position for index-of, if we're nitpicking.

I generally find FLIP distasteful so I'm a fan of your proposition.