On Mon, 16 Jan 2006 12:51:58 +0100, Xavier Morel wrote: > For those who'd need the (0..n-1) behavior, Ruby features something that > I find quite elegant (if not perfectly obvious at first), (first..last) > provides a range from first to last with both boundaries included, but > (first...last) (notice the 3 periods)
No, no I didn't. Sheesh, that just *screams* "Off By One Errors!!!". Python deliberately uses a simple, consistent system of indexing from the start to one past the end specifically to help prevent signpost errors, and now some folks want to undermine that. *shakes head in amazement* -- Steven. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
