Steven D'Aprano wrote: > 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, I never said that Python should use this syntax, I merely showed how it was done in Ruby.
It's nothing more than a ... basis of discussion... not a "I want that !!ONE" post (if I did, i'd be using Ruby and posting on c.l.r) (and you didn't what by the way?) -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
