From: Tanaka Akira <akr@...17n.org>
Date: 2004-07-24T12:53:35+09:00
Subject: Re: [PATCH] was - Re: substring by range parameter (bug?)

In article <Pine.LNX.4.60.0407230631440.13379@harp.ngdc.noaa.gov>,
  "Ara.T.Howard" <ahoward@noaa.gov> writes:

> i have too.  but what to do - it should be fixed?

I think the patch should be rejected.

I guess it breaks many programs as well as it breaks many tests.  So
many people will be unhappy with the patch.

Who is happy with the patch?

Do you have a program which will be easiar to read/write when
s[n..(n-1)] returns nil?
-- 
Tanaka Akira