find a new name

[bmeck]

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[bmeck]

Ideas:

Term	Definition
requisition()	"demand the performance or occurrence of."
ensure()	"make certain of obtaining or providing (something)."
claim()	"state or assert that something is the case"

[papb]

I like ensure 👍

[ljharb]

insertOnDuplicateKeyUpdate is what mysql calls it; in https://www.npmjs.com/package/global-cache i called it setIfMissingThenGet.

Both names are descriptive and terrible. I'm not sure what short name will be descriptive and non-terrible, though :-/

[gibson042]

It might be possible to get away with just update, as in "update the map data".

• handler-object style: map.update(key, { replace(oldValue, key, map){…}, add(key, map){…} })
• callback style: map.update(key, (oldValue, key, map) => …, (key, map) => …)

[tubbo]

not sure what was wrong with upsert. mongodb calls it findAndModify() which i kinda like, but upsert() is less characters.

[dleeftink]

Possibly, a three letter descriptor to stay true to get / set / has:

• alt : alter
• mod : modify
• fix : fixing a key
• fit : (re)fitting a key
• for : as in, map.for('key', ...
• pin : pinning down
• rec : rectify, record
• ref : reference, reform, refine
• tie : tie down / when keys are tied

map.fit, map.rec and map.tie cover quite some ground regarding the current proposal.

In case of 4 char names, edit or over (overwrite) may function as shorter alternatives to update.

[dminor]

Closing in favour of #60.