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Dropping suffixes from method names to support multiple arguments
One really nice benefit of dropping suffixes from method names (and just using verbs, when possible) is that it becomes super easy to support both single and multiple arguments, and it works really well semantically.
extension UIView {
func add(_ subviews: UIView...) {
subviews.forEach(addSubview)
}
}
view.add(button)
view.add(label)
// By dropping the "Subview" suffix from the method name, both
// single and multiple arguments work really well semantically.
view.add(button, label)
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