I would add that I expect variadic generics to be used less often than 
one-sided ranges, and also to be a more complex and advanced feature. Both of 
these suggest that one-sided ranges deserve the simpler, friendlier syntax. 

-- 
Brent Royal-Gordon
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> On Apr 20, 2017, at 4:38 PM, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
>> On Apr 20, 2017, at 6:36 AM, Matt Whiteside <[email protected]> wrote:
>> 
>> I do like this proposed one-sided range syntax, but a while back it was 
>> pointed out that it might conflict with a candidate syntax for variadic 
>> generics.  Has anything changed there?
> 
> It does conflict with the straw man syntax described in the generics 
> manifesto:
> 
>       
> https://github.com/apple/swift/blob/master/docs/GenericsManifesto.md#variadic-generics
> 
> but variadic generics are a long way off and the syntax is totally up in the 
> air.
> 
>       - Doug
> 
>> -Matt
>> 
>>> On Apr 17, 2017, at 21:40, Douglas Gregor via swift-evolution 
>>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hello Swift community,
>>> 
>>> The review of SE-0172 "One-sided Ranges" begins now and runs through April 
>>> 23, 2017. The proposal is available here:
>>> 
>>> https://github.com/apple/swift-evolution/blob/master/proposals/0172-one-sided-ranges.md
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