From: ptkwt@... (Phil Tomson)
Date: 2004-02-01T04:39:53+09:00
Subject: Re: No difference between .. and ... flip/flop operators?

In article <401B6792.10204@po.cwru.edu>, Dan Doel  <djd15@po.cwru.edu> wrote:
>When constructing ranges of values (such as Fixnums), ... excludes the 
>end, while .. includes it.
>
>So:
>
>(1..10).each { |i| puts i }
>
>prints 1 - 10, while:
>
>(1...10).each { |i| puts i }
>
>prints 1 - 9.
>
>As far as I know, .. and ... are identical in flip-flops (which I 
>thought was in the Pickaxe, but I
>can't find it right now, so maybe I just read it here a while ago).

identical as in there is no difference in behavior between them?

>
>However, regarding this and your last mail, I believe Matz is 
>considering taking out flip-flops
>in the future (in Rite, maybe?), so you may want to look into other ways 
>of doing stuff (if you're
>worried about it running in 2.0 and beyond, that is).

taking out flip-flops?!  But they seem so useful in certain situations.  
Why get rid of them?  (Matz?)

Phil