I like it. I might prefer it in square brackets e.g. [ x ... y ] ?
On Sun, 18 Aug 2019 at 23:24, Artem Kobzar <a.kobzar....@gmail.com> wrote:
> ### Proposal: Range Expression
>
> The proposal based on one of the worst things in JavaScript Arrays.
>
> If i as developer want to make sequence of some numbers or characters then
> i need to use weird methods like `Array.from`, manual filling or
> imperative-style array filling.
>
> ```js
> const group1 = [1, 2, 3, 4, 5, ...]// manual filling
> const group2= Array.from({ length: 15 }).map((_, i) => i + 1);
> const group3 = [];
> for (let i = 0; i < 15; i++) group3[i] = i + 1;
> ```
>
> This ways to describe range sequence is huge and unreadable.
>
>
> So, my proposal is: range expression which help to create lazy iterable
> range sequence in declarative way.
>
> ```js
> const group0 = 1...15; // from 1 to 15
> const group1 = 15...1; // from 15 to 1
> const group2 = 1n...15n // from 'a' to 'z'
> const group3 = 'a'...'z' // from 'a' to 'z'
> const group4 = 82... // lazy collection of numbers
>
> for (const odd of 1...85) {
> // ...
> }
>
> // in combination with https://github.com/tc39/proposal-iterator-helpers
> const allEven = (1...100).filter(isEven);
> ```
>
> So, this operator is syntax sugar for the next generator which create lazy
> iterable sequence:
>
> ```js
> function* range(start, end, second) {
> validate(start, end, second)// type assertion of start, second and end
> const step = difference(start, second); // difference calculation
> let current = start;
> while(isNotEnd(current, end)) { // logic for negative step and different
> types
> yield current;
> current = next(current, step); // function which change current number
> | bigint | string by difference
> }
> }
> ```
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