# New Ticket Created by Aleks-Daniel Jakimenko-Aleksejev # Please include the string: [perl #129131] # in the subject line of all future correspondence about this issue. # <URL: https://rt.perl.org/Ticket/Display.html?id=129131 >
First of all, take a look at this: https://docs.perl6.org/language/traps#String_Ranges/Sequences The question is: why do we keep this trap? We all know that the idea of + being numeric-only has worked very well. Now, how did .. operator slip in? I've just seen somebody stumbling upon this confusing and unexpected behavior: http://irclog.perlgeek.de/perl6/2016-08-30#i_13114494 I am not even sure if current stringy behavior is useful at all. Well, maybe it is, has anybody seen it being used in some module or something? It looks way more “WAT?” than “OK, I will probably need this in the future” to me, but I'd love to be proven wrong. Anyway, ~.. is probably a good way to keep stringy behavior for those who need it?
