From: duerst@... Date: 2019-08-22T03:49:11+00:00 Subject: [ruby-core:94472] [Ruby master Bug#16114] Naming of "beginless range" Issue #16114 has been updated by duerst (Martin D�rst). mrkn (Kenta Murata) wrote: > Other candidates from mathematics: > > - a range bounded below Shouldn't this be "a range not bounded below"? > - lower-unbounded range > - left-unbounded range > > If we use "unbounded" for the minimum value of a range, we should rephrase "endless" with the following candidates: > > - a range bounded above Same thing here. ---------------------------------------- Bug #16114: Naming of "beginless range" https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16114#change-80907 * Author: pwim (Paul McMahon) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: * Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- #14799 introduces a "beginless range" to complement the already existing "endless range". However, "beginless" isn't an existing word in English. Since the term for something without a beginning is "beginingless", I'd propose renaming "beginless range" to "beginningless range". -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/ Unsubscribe: