From: Linus Sellberg <linse428@...>
Date: 2003-11-17T10:46:13+09:00
Subject: Re: substring: to the end of the string

Gavin Sinclair wrote:
> On Saturday, November 15, 2003, 2:48:53 AM, KONTRA wrote:
> Seriously, the ability to negative-index strings and arrays like that
> is a breath of fresh air compared to traditional compiled languages.
> I see no need to improve on it.

I do, but I have no good solution to the problem.

The problem being that positive indexes go from 0 to n-1, while negative 
go from -1 to -n, which could introduce confusion.

But as I said, I know of no good solutions, since -0 is not a good way, 
and making the first positive index a 1 is just as bad, for several reasons.