Your #2 makes much more sense to me than your #1 or the GP’s comment. Suppose my data or variable is a floating-point number. How does it help me to have my edi

Your #2 makes much more sense to me than your #1 or the GP’s comment. Suppose my data or variable is a floating-point number. How does it help me to have my editor listing the thousands of functions that can operate on a float? Say what you want to do by writing the verb (function) that does what you want, then give it the arguments that you want it to act upon.