on Sun Jul 03 2016, Nevin Brackett-Rozinsky <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
> The incomplete range concept is quite intriguing. > > Have we considered spelling the operators with an asterisk at the > incomplete end? > prefix *..< > prefix *... > postfix ...* > postfix ..<* > > That way the use-sites would look like: > someCollection[*..<idx] > someCollection[*...idx] > someCollection[idx...*] > someCollection[idx..<*] > > From a “first-glance” perspective, the asterisk “looks like” a wildcard > placeholder, which should help readers and writers of code to understand > the meaning. > > And from a future language development standpoint, we’ll keep the > triple-dot spelling available for whatever needs may arise (tuple > splatting, variadic generics, etc.) > > Thoughts? That's an interesting possiblity, IMO. -- Dave _______________________________________________ swift-evolution mailing list swift-evolution@swift.org https://lists.swift.org/mailman/listinfo/swift-evolution
