On Mon, Jan 17, 2022 at 10:35:30PM +0000, forkit via Digitalmars-d-learn wrote:
> On Monday, 17 January 2022 at 22:28:10 UTC, H. S. Teoh wrote:
> >
> > If I ever needed to foreach over 1-based indices, I'd write it this
> > way in order to avoid all confusion:
> >
> > foreach (i; 1 .. 5 + 1)
> > {
> > }
> >
> > This will immediately make whoever reads the code (i.e., myself
> > after 2 months :D) wonder, "why +1?" And the answer will become
> > clear and enlightenment ensues. ;-)
[...]
> If I were able to write a compiler, my compiler would warn you:
>
> "This is ill-advised and you should know better! Please rewrite this."
:-D If *I* were to write a compiler, it'd come with a GC built-in. It'd
throw up 90% of programs you feed it with the error "this program is
garbage, please throw it away and write something better". :-D
T
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