I agree.  And I think 0 should be illegal for a step size (but negative is ok).

John

On 9/22/07, Soroosh Yazdani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 21, 2007 at 05:20:39PM -0700, Robert Bradshaw wrote:
> > >> Also, [10..1] now returns [10], it should probably return the empty
> > >> list. What about [10,11,.,0]? Also the empty list? I think so.
> > >> Thoughts?
>
> I just want to say that despite the fact that I think [1..10] notation
> is great, I don't like the idea of [1,3,..,10]. This notation, I think, can
> be confusing in the long run. Along the same lines, I think [1..10, step=2]
> is a great notation.
> If the user wants a list that is more complicated, then they can try building
> it from other constructs.
>
> Soroosh
>
> >
>


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