Whither Tango?

[Andrei Alexandrescu]

Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
> Norbert Nemec wrote:
>> Andrei Alexandrescu wrote:
>>> "iota" is already present with the same semantics in 1.25 languages: 
>>> C++ and Go. Anyhow, what's a better name?
>>
>> For me, a Google search for "C++ iota" only returns discussions about 
>> whether such a function actually exists in the STL. Is it really in 
>> the standard?
> 
> It's not in the standard (and I haven't claimed so). It's commonly 
> present as an extension.
> 
>> Anyway: Looking at the definition of ïota in Phobos, it simply seems 
>> to be a slicing operation with a stride. Most intuitive to me would be 
>> to rename the function to "slice" and the option step to "stride"?
> 
> iota(0, 10, 2) generates the numbers 0, 2, 4, 6, 8.
> 
> http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/phobos/std_range.html#iota
> 
> The name "stride" is currently used by a range adaptor that takes a 
> range and walks it with a given stride. stride([1, 2, 3], 2) generates 1 
> and 2.

1 and 3, sorry.

Andrei