How should to!string handle infinite ranges?

[Steven Schveighoffer]

On Tuesday, 4 March 2025 at 10:38:24 UTC, Paul Backus wrote:
> We're currently having a discussion about this [on Github][1]. 
> The way I see it, there are two reasonable choices:
>
> 1. Return a finite string indicating that the range was 
> infinite. For example, `"[1, 2, 3, ...]"`.
>
> 2. Fail to compile and print a meaningful error message using 
> `static assert`. For example, `Can't convert an infinite range 
> to a string`.
>
> As a D programmer, which behavior would you find more useful or 
> less surprising?
>
> [1]: https://github.com/dlang/phobos/pull/10660

I'd expect a compiler failure over an assumption as to what the 
user wants.

That being said, I think it could be an option for to!string on a 
range to truncate after a specific number of items.

I'll put a note in the PR.

-Steve