In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Neil
Mitchell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi
> 
> > >   m.n.o.*   ~~>    >= m.n.o && < m.n.(o+1)
> >
> > I like this.
> 
> Me too.
> 
> > >   m - n   ~~>   >= m && <= n
> 
> I would much prefer m .. n as the syntax, as that is the syntax for
> ranges in Haskell.

True, but it looks horrible with version numbers since they're full of '.'s:
1.2.3..4.5.6 ?

I guess with our ReadP-based parser that's not ambiguous without whitespace but
it's not nice.

Duncan
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