handful and interval

[Tyro[17]]

On 9/2/12 11:45 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> On 9/2/12 4:22 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> [snip]
>
> The alternative would be to simply define these as functions:
>
> if (a.among("struct", "class", "union")) { ... }
> if (b.between(1, 100)) { ... }
>
>
> Andrei

if (a in ["struct", "class", "union"]) { ... }
if (a in someArrayVar) { ... }

works wonders for me. Why not? Somehow I cannot see the disadvantages. 
Please educate.

Andrew