RFC on range design for D2

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Derek Parnell wrote:
> On Tue, 09 Sep 2008 10:30:58 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> 
> 
>> I'd like to go with:
>>
>> r.first
>> r.last
>> r.next
>> r.pop
> 
> LOL ... I was just thinking to myself ... "what's wrong with First and
> Last? I should suggest them." then I read this post.
> 
> "next" is fine, but "pop"? Isn't the pair of "next" called "prev(ious)" and
> the pair of "pop" called "push". So please, either have next/prev or
> push/pop, and in that case push/pop looks quite silly.

Previous is confusing as it suggest I'm moving back where I came from. 
In reality I shrink the range from the other end. So we need:

"Shrink the range from the left end"
"Shrink the range from the right end"

The first will be used much more often than the second.


Andrei