[ruby-core:94971] [Ruby master Bug#16114] Naming of "beginless range"
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joshua.goodall@...
Date:
2019-09-19 05:56:37 UTC
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ruby-core #94971
Issue #16114 has been updated by inopinatus (Joshua GOODALL). I hope this discussion leads to Ruby having Ranges congruent to all the mathematical intervals. Today we have right-unbounded ranges, and left-unbounded ranges, and right-closed ranges, and left-closed ranges, and right-open ranges -- but no left-open ranges. This is strange to me. It is like having the <, <=, >= operators, and forgetting >. I think "beginningless" might be cumbersome. I would smile if the term "bottomless" was adopted. ---------------------------------------- Bug #16114: Naming of "beginless range" https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16114#change-81588 * 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: <mailto:ruby-core-request@ruby-lang.org?subject=unsubscribe> <http://lists.ruby-lang.org/cgi-bin/mailman/options/ruby-core>