From: Shane Emmons <semmons99@...>
Date: 2011-04-15T00:24:31+09:00
Subject: Array#slice's boundary special case...why?

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Can anyone give me the background on why given the following:
  arr = %w(0 1 2 3 4)

Then arr[5,1] returns [] and arr[6,1] returns nil? I understand that the
last element +1 is labeled a special case, but why?

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Shane Emmons

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