From: Martin Kahlert <martin.kahlert@...>
Date: 2001-12-07T15:56:48+09:00
Subject: [ruby-talk:27789] Re: Inconsistence in ranges with if

Hi Matz,

On Fri, Dec 07, 2001 at 01:41:38AM +0900, Yukihiro Matsumoto wrote:
> Hi,
> It's almost historical reason.  Range operator behavior in conditional
> is inherited from Perl *before* "..." became last excluding range
> operator.
> 
> I thought it was too late to solve this "inconsistency" for
> compatibility reason.  Simple advice is "don't use range operators in
> conditinals".  It would give you warning in 1.7.x.

Ooops, do you mean that range operators in conditinals are depreciated?
I find these things really usefull, since it manages the corresponding state
internally and saves you from doing it yourself.
Is there anything else, which replaces that useful construct?

Thanks for your reply,
Martin.

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