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.

[ghost]

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.