[Submission] D Slices

[eles]

== Quote from Mafi (mafi at example.org)'s article
> Am 31.05.2011 18:16, schrieb eles:
> > Now, why:
> >
> > for(iterator from a[0] to a[N-1]){ //etc. }
> > //let use the above notation for for(i=0; i<=N-1; i++)
> >
> > is acceptable, but sudden is no more acceptable to write
> >
> > a[for(iterator from 0 to N-1)]
> >
> > and one must use
> >
> > a[for(iterator from 0 to N]]
> >
> > in order to achieve exactly the same?
> >
> > The last two expressions are just mental placeholders for a
[0..N-1]
> > and for a[0..N] respectively.
> let
> for(element from a[0] to a[n])
> be a notation for
> for(i=0; i < n; i++)
> but then, assuming closed intervals, why do I have to write
> a[i..n-1] to archive the same?
> You see? This argument of yours is not really good.
> Mafi

why not write:

for(i=0; i<=n-1; i++)

?

COnceptually, you are iterating elements from a[0] to a[n-1], this is
why index goes from 0 to n-1 (even if you write i<n).

What about if length of the array already equals UTYPE_MAX, ie. the
maximum value representable on the size_t? (I assume that indexes are
on size_t and they go from 0 to UTYPE_MAX).

How would you write then for the last element?

UTYPE_MAX<UTYPE_MAX+1

The right side is an overflow.

You see? This argument of yours is not really good.