rename Future::select to Future::race

[yoshuawuyts]

Both JS and reactive streams use race for what we call select. So perhaps we should consider following suit.

This is after feedback from @withoutboats that the name may not be right.

[k-nasa]

I like this name Future::race. It's familiar to me, than select.

[yoshuawuyts]

I'll update #405 with this change.

[skade]

While I agree that race is a good name, I would not use familiarity and the JS API as a (final) argument. We should come up with something better.

The reasoning is mainly that this requires the user to have a specific context (either being from the JS world or knowing the specifics of select vs race). We should also somehow make sure that people searching select may also find race.

Related (here I talked about select! but it also applies to select()): rust-lang/futures-rs#760 (comment)

Good counterpoint to mine: rust-lang/futures-rs#760 (comment)

We should also somehow make sure that people searching select may also find race.

I believe we could mention "select" in the docs of race() and then it would pop up when searching for "select" in rustdoc.

[yoshuawuyts]

This was closed by #405.