access foreach index counter for Iterate n times

[Ali Çehreli]

On 5/20/22 19:23, mw wrote:

 > But isn't iota as a function call also expensive?

I am sure someone will show some disassembly to compare. :)

 > I wrote this naturally after seeing the array foreach example:
 >
 > ```
 > foreach (i, e; 5 .. 10)
 > ```

The biggest issue there is the number range, which is a weird thing in 
the language.

 > My point: the language should be more consistent.

The automatic loop counter is available only for arrays. If we see 
number ranges things other than arrays (they are not arrays), then there 
is no consistency issue.

One could argue to remove number ranges from the language but I don't 
think it's that big of a deal.

Ali