I think it should be ``` start() endof() ```
On Friday, April 24, 2015 at 12:14:26 PM UTC+2, Tomas Lycken wrote: > > I'm implementing a collection of types that implement indexing, but where > the indexes aren't necessarily bounded by `[1, size(collection, dim)]`. > Some of them will have these bounds, but others will be indexable e.g. in > `[0.5, size(collection, dim) + .5]` and yet others may have completely > arbitrary bounds. > > Is there a canonical name for methods that would return (the upper/lower) > bounds for indexing? I am thinking along the lines of > > ```julia > lowerbound(v::Vector) = 1 > upperbound(v::Vector) = length(v) > bounds(v::AbstractVector) = (lowerbound(v), upperbound(v)) > > lowerbound(A::Array, d::Int) = 1 > upperbound(A::Array, d::Int) = size(A, d) > bounds(A::AbstractArray, d::Int) = (lowerbound(A, d), upperbound(A, d)) > > #etc... > ``` > > but I'd rather add methods to an existing function, if there is one, than > just make up my own. > > (I did try a few searches in the docs, but everything I could find > pertained to finding elements in collections...) > > // T >
