Merge pull request #14 from RougeWare/feature/ElementalOperators-2

Added a new elemental operator for prepending

Author: KyNorthstar

Sources/CollectionTools/RangeReplaceableCollection + elemental operators.swift

@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ import Foundation
 
 public extension RangeReplaceableCollection {
 
-    /// Creates a new collection by concatenating the given elements onto the end of the collections.
+    /// Creates a new collection by concatenating the given element onto the end of the collection.
     ///
-    /// The first argument's `Element` type must be the same type as the second element. For example, you can
+    /// The first argument's `Element` subtype must be the same type as the second element. For example, you can
     /// concatenate an integer onto an integer array.
     ///
     /// ```swift
@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@ public extension RangeReplaceableCollection {
     /// ```
     ///
     /// The resulting collection has the type of the argument on the left-hand side. In the example above,
-    /// fibonacciUpTo8 has the same type as fibonacciUpTo5, which is `[Int]`.
+    /// `fibonacciUpTo8` has the same type as `fibonacciUpTo5`, which is `[Int]`.
     ///
     /// - Parameters:
     ///   - collection: A range-replaceable collection.
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ public extension RangeReplaceableCollection {
     /// Appends the given element to a range-replaceable collection.
     ///
     /// Use this operator to append an element to the end of a range-replaceable collection whose elements are that
-    /// same `Element` type. This example appends the an `Int` to an array of integers.
+    /// same `Element` type. This example appends an `Int` to an array of integers:
     ///
     /// ```swift
     /// var fibonacci = [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
@@ -57,4 +57,28 @@ public extension RangeReplaceableCollection {
     static func +=(_ collection: inout Self, _ newElement: Element) {
         collection += [newElement]
     }
+    
+    
+    /// Creates a new collection by prepending the given element onto the end of the collection.
+    ///
+    /// The first argument's `Element` type must be the same type as the second element. For example, you can
+    /// prepend an integer onto an integer array.
+    ///
+    /// ```swift
+    /// let fibonacciUpTo5 = [1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
+    /// let fibonacciUpTo5_withZero = 0 + fibonacciUpTo5
+    /// print(fibonacciUpTo5_withZero)
+    /// // Prints "[0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]"
+    /// ```
+    ///
+    /// The resulting collection has the type of the argument on the right-hand side. In the example above,
+    /// `fibonacciUpTo5_withZero` has the same type as `fibonacciUpTo5`, which is `[Int]`.
+    ///
+    /// - Parameters:
+    ///   - newElement: An element to go at the beginning of the new collection
+    ///   - collection: A range-replaceable collection.
+    @inline(__always)
+    static func +(_ newElement: Element, _ collection: Self) -> Self {
+        [newElement] + collection
+    }
 }

Tests/CollectionToolsTests/RangeReplaceableCollection + elemental operator Tests.swift

@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ import CollectionTools
 
 final class RangeReplaceableCollection_plus_elemental_operator_Tests: XCTestCase {
 
-    func test_plus() {
+    func test_plusAppend() {
         let fibonacciUpTo5 = [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
         let fibonacciUpTo8 = fibonacciUpTo5 + 8
         XCTAssertEqual(fibonacciUpTo5, [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5])
@@ -29,8 +29,17 @@ final class RangeReplaceableCollection_plus_elemental_operator_Tests: XCTestCase
     }
 
 
+    func test_plusPrepend() {
+        let fibonacciUpTo5 = [1, 1, 2, 3, 5]
+        let fibonacciUpTo5_withZero = 0 + fibonacciUpTo5
+        XCTAssertEqual(fibonacciUpTo5, [1, 1, 2, 3, 5])
+        XCTAssertEqual(fibonacciUpTo5_withZero, [0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5])
+    }
+    
+    
     static var allTests = [
-        ("test_plus", test_plus),
+        ("test_plusAppend", test_plusAppend),
+        ("test_plusPrepend", test_plusPrepend),
         ("test_plusEquals", test_plusEquals),
     ]
 }