== Quote from Michel Fortin ([email protected])'s article > On 2009-01-18 10:21:55 -0500, Andrei Alexandrescu > <[email protected]> said: > > It's been there for a while now (since 25 Nov 2008). > > > > http://www.digitalmars.com/d/2.0/statement.html#ForeachStatement > .next move the left edge of the range right one > .retreat move the right edge of the range left one > Each time I see this I get annoyed by the dissimilarity of the terms. > "advance" and "retreat" would be much better words. Even if "advance" > is three more characters, it carries much better the meaning of what is > happening; "next" isn't even a verb.
advance/retreat or next/prev. I use the latter in my own code, but perhaps an abbreviation isn't appropriate here. Sean
