From: SonOfLilit <sonoflilit@...>
Date: 2007-02-20T04:36:58+09:00
Subject: Re: For loops don't count down

http://blade.nagaokaut.ac.jp/cgi-bin/scat.rb/ruby/ruby-talk/38910

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On 2/19/07, Robert Dober <robert.dober@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 2/19/07, dblack@wobblini.net <dblack@wobblini.net> wrote:
> > Hi --
> >
> > On Tue, 20 Feb 2007, Robert Dober wrote:
> >
> > > On 2/19/07, Yukihiro Matsumoto <matz@ruby-lang.org> wrote:
> > >> Hi,
> > >>
> > >> In message "Re: For loops don't count down"
> > >>     on Tue, 20 Feb 2007 02:45:27 +0900, Daniel Schierbeck
> > >> <daniel.schierbeck@gmail.com> writes:
> > >>
> > >> |Is there a necessity for a range such as 5..0 to be empty?
> > >>
> > >> 5..1 is the easiest case,
> > > No it is not, how could we distinguish between a "reversed" range and
> > > an "empty" range.
> > > but what if "abz".."abc" where we couldn't
> > >> define reasonable String#pred.  Just raise error?
> > > With all due respect if we have a reasonable String#succ we can define
> > > a reasonable String#pred.
> >
> > See the thread starting at ruby-talk 38910 for an earlier discussion
> > of this.  It's not easy, and it's arbitrary and of questionable
> > usefulness.  (I don't think ranges need to be any more array-like than
> > they already are -- possibly less.)
>
> I do not like the lack of symmetry it just feels not right.
> I have mixed feelings about String#succ (can be convenient for sure
> and very confusing too).
> It is no good though to say String#pred will be the same mess, well
> than let us remove String#succ too (unfortunately I guess that would
> brake too much code.)
> I'd like to have a look at the thread though (long time ago, or did I
> miss it?) only that the N� is not really good enough for me to find
> it.
>
> Sorry if I am the nasty guy again :(
>
> Cheers
> Robert
>
>
> >
> >
> > David
> >
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> >
> >
>
>
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