redux-utilities/redux-actions

handleActions naming is confusing

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#47 opened on Dec 14, 2015

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Since handleActions returns a reducer, a proper name for it would be createReducer. I've tried to teach redux to a friend and it wasn't immediately apparent that handleActions returns a reducer. What do you think? I'm not adamant on createReducer, as it doesn't differentiate from handleAction. I just think that handleActions might not be the proper name for it.

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Evaluate the impact of renaming handleActions to createReducer, considering backward compatibility and deprecation strategy.
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