Jon Lang writes: > Approaching this with the notion firmly in mind that infix:<..> is > supposed to be used for matching ranges while infix:<...> should be > used to generate series: > > With series, we want C< $LHS ... $RHS > to generate a list of items > starting with $LHS and ending with $RHS. If $RHS > $LHS, we want it > to increment one step at a time; if $RHS < $LHS, we want it to > decrement one step at a time.
Do we? I'm used to generating lists and iterating over them (in Perl 5) with things like like: for (1 .. $max) where the intention is that if $max is zero, the loop doesn't execute at all. Having the equivalent Perl 6 list generation operator, C<...>, start counting backwards could be confusing. Especially if Perl 6 also has a range operator, C<..>, which would Do The Right Thing for me in this situation, and where the Perl 6 operator that Does The Right Thing is spelt the same as the Perl 5 operator that I'm used to; that muddles the distinction you make above about matching ranges versus generating lists. Smylers -- http://twitter.com/Smylers2
