From: Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@...>
Date: 2004-10-09T18:08:40+09:00
Subject: Re: Range behavior (Re: [RCR] New [] Semantics)

Hi,

In message "Re: Range behavior (Re: [RCR] New [] Semantics)"
    on Sat, 9 Oct 2004 17:49:57 +0900, "Randy W. Sims" <ml-ruby@thepierianspring.org> writes:

|The behavior of:
|
|irb(main):002:0> (1..5).include?( 2.5 )
|=> true
|
|was a complete suprise to me. It goes against the expectations created 
|by the first example above.

The point is whether your expectation is

  * important enough to keep, even after you've been explained
  * worthy for the cost of iteration, such that

      (0..1000000000).member?(999999999)

    takes seven minutes.

							matz.