unfortunately functions disguised as constructors ...

# reaktive

[saket]

unfortunately functions disguised as constructors aren’t obvious at all

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Could you please elaborate? I believe it's an idiomatic way in Kotlin to have function names like constructors. Take List(size){}, Array(size){}

[Arkadii Ivanov]

We followed the following naming convention: https://kotlinlang.org/docs/reference/coding-conventions.html#function-names

[saket]

Right. From a user’s perspective, I looked at the Disposable() interface and didn’t find anything that I can use. I even tried looking for implementations of Disposable, but didn’t find anything relevant either.

The Disposable() function isn’t immediately obvious. Users won’t find this function unless they already know about it.

[saket]

I may have found the function if it was declared in the same file

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Thanks for the feedback!

[saket]

In case of List and Array, they’re very common terms and I’m guessing people type them knowing that the language will have something.

[Arkadii Ivanov]

I think I will mention this in the Disposable javadocs

[Arkadii Ivanov]

As well as all other builder functions

[Arkadii Ivanov]

Raised https://github.com/badoo/Reaktive/issues/490

[saket]

That'll help!