RFC on range design for D2

[Derek Parnell]

On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 18:13:08 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:


> Previous is confusing as it suggest I'm moving back where I came from. 

Ah... how confusing is this English language! ;-)

> In reality I shrink the range from the other end. So we need:
> 
> "Shrink the range from the left end"
> "Shrink the range from the right end"

And I'm sure you really mean ...

 "Shrink the range from the front"
 "Shrink the range from the back"
 
because "left" does not always mean "front" etc ... but we've been over
this.

> The first will be used much more often than the second.

If the concept and the implementation involves changing the size
(shrinking), shouldn't the words used somehow invoke this idea?

trim? strip? slice? cut? ... just thinking out loud ... nothing too
serious.

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Derek
(skype: derek.j.parnell)
Melbourne, Australia
10/09/2008 10:10:32 AM