On Wed, Nov 16, 2022 at 04:47:27PM -0800, Kees Cook wrote: > >> > - between > >> > - ranged > >> > - spanning > >> > > >> > https://www.thefreedictionary.com/List-of-prepositions.htm > >> > - amid > >> > > >> > Sigh, names. > >> > >> I think "inclusive" is best. > > > >I find it not very descriptive of what the function does. Is there one > >you like second best? Or are you convinced they're all much much much > >worse than "inclusive" that they shouldn't be considered? > > Right, I don't think any are sufficiently descriptive. "Incluisve" > with two arguments seems unambiguous and complete to me. :) The problem with "between", "ranged", "spanning" is that they don't tell the reader whether we're dealing with an "open interval" or a "closed interval". They are just different ways of saying that it's a range between, say, 0 and 20. But it doesn't tell you whether it includes 0 or 20 or not. The only way I can see for making it ambiguous is either to use the terminology "closed interval" or "inclusive". And "open" and "closed" can have other meanings, so get_random_u32_inclusive() is going to be less confusing than get_random_u32_closed(). Cheers, - Ted
