From: "Schüle Daniel" <uval@...>
Date: 2006-07-29T07:45:05+09:00
Subject: Re: rand(-10..10)

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> The Kernel#rand(-5..15) version wouldn't suffer from this problem. It 
> would be a good idea to add this to ruby core, because this 
> functionality is something, that is needed very often.

yes, this was exactly my point
if we already had Kernel#rand with Range object, people wouldn't 
implement their own methods, making scripts shoter and slightly more 
portable (regarding copy&paste other code)

Regards, Daniel