The name firstOrLess: is a little confusing.
Maybe something like collectMax:


Karl

On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 1:30 PM, marcel.taeumel <Marcel.Taeumel at hpi.de>
wrote:

> Hi --
>
> Is there a better way to get a limited number of elements from a collection
> but accept less if the collection is not big enough?
>
> someObjects size >= 5
>   ifTrue: [someObjects first: 5]
>   ifFalse: [someObjects].
>
> Could we add a #firstOrLess:? Similar thoughts on #firstOrNil, #lastOrNil,
> and #lastOrLess:.
>
> Best,
> Marcel
>
>
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