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From:
Xiao Yafeng
Date:
January 23, 2014 13:17
Subject:
Re: Range idea
Message ID:
CABPUXgBp1OvD5VRfmu7Hxs6bAM6MC6kVYPsa-Z35uKu=YNaz9A@mail.gmail.com
On Thu, Jan 23, 2014 at 9:03 PM, Zefram <zefram@fysh.org> wrote:
> H.Merijn Brand wrote:
>>Why cannot we use open range operators in this case?
>
> They wouldn't really be range operators. @foo[3..5] is the composition
> of a range operator with the @foo[LIST] operator. Crucial to this
> is that the range expression 3..5 is meaningful on its own: in list
> context it generates the list (3,4,5). But your open range couldn't
> work that way. In @foo[3..], the 3.. doesn't mean anything specific on
> its own. That doesn't mean we can't do it at all, but it does mean that
> @foo[SCALAR..] is a specific operator unto itself, and the open range
> can't be used anywhere else even though it looks like it could be used
> in a different context. It's not a nice design.
>
how about @foo[3..*] ?
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