[REBOL] Enhancement Request - Range! datatype Re:(6)

[gschwarz]

The "to" has won me.
Greg
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Subject: [REBOL] Enhancement Request - Range! datatype Re:(5)


> Hi Andrew,
>
> I like the use of "-" but I feel it will cause confusion if a negative is
> used in the range.
>
> -1--10
>
> ".." does indicate in English text that something has not been left out.
But
> it is confusing if a decimal is used in the range.
>
> .1...10
>
> So what other suggestions could we have for the operator?
>
> how about?
> 1to10
> -1to-10
> .1to.10
>
> Is using n"to"n that different from using n"x"n for pairs? It is
immediately
> obvious that it is a range, ( in English at least).
>
> Other ideas?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Allen K
>