Please vote once and for good: range operations

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Michel Fortin wrote:
> On 2009-01-29 00:02:20 -0500, Bill Baxter <wbaxter at gmail.com> said:
> 
>> On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 1:51 PM, Andrei Alexandrescu
>>
>>> That's a good point, but... we are at liberty to choose ANY names we 
>>> please.
>>> Is this weird "first"/"next" combo our best shot?
>>
>> But unless you've got some new words to add, we've listed pretty much
>> every reasonable pair, and they all have issues of similar magnitude
>> (or at least which some fraction of people will declare is of similar
>> magnitude...)
> 
> I think "first/last" goes well with "advance/retreat".
> 
> Note how "advance" is a natural word in this context... quoted from the 
> "What's the deal with __buck?" thread, Andrei says: "Now consider I want 
> to advance 10 steps in that range."... yet, he wants to name the 
> function "next".

Hehe, this argument works in my favor. Advancing means making a number 
of steps. Next means taking one step.

Andrei