Switch: Case Range Syntax

[Robert Clipsham]

On 17/08/2011 20:35, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
> D should have a built-in range type.

+1 or maybe +2 if I get an extra vote ;)

> One that supports syntax for both
> including and excluding the last element:
>
> auto a = 3 .. 5
> auto b = 3 ... 5

<begin bikeshedding>

> Then we wouldn't need a special range syntax for switch statements. You
> could store ranges in variables and pass them to functions. opSlice
> probably wouldn't be needed, instead opIndex could be used and you would
> declare the method to take a range instead of two integers.

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