Array Slice Ranges

Walter Bright newshound at digitalmars.com
Wed Nov 8 20:56:07 PST 2006


%u wrote:
> I'm learning ruby right now, and I noticed they use a very cool syntax for ranges.
> 
> 0..5 means 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5
> 0...5 means 0, 1, 2, 3, 4
> 
> The current array slicing is useful half the time and a pain in the arse the
> other half, so I was wondering if anyone else has mentioned this idea for D
> before...

I have a bit of a problem with .. vs ..., I think they both look too 
similar  making it hard to review code for correctness, and I'd have a 
hard time remembering which means which, another source of bugs.



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