Re: directional ranges

2005-11-25 Thread Ruud H.G. van Tol
TSa: > Ruud H.G. van Tol: >> Not at all: they just overlap at 0. > > OK, to me this spoils regularity. Like 'ab ' ~ ' xy' > becoming 'ab xy' is at least surprising, if not outright wrong. > That is > > (~$x).chars + (~$y).chars == +((~$x) ~ (~$y)) > > should always hold. Same thing for list co

Re: directional ranges

2005-11-25 Thread TSa
HaloO, Ruud H.G. van Tol wrote: Not at all: they just overlap at 0. OK, to me this spoils regularity. Like 'ab ' ~ ' xy' becoming 'ab xy' is at least surprising, if not outright wrong. That is (~$x).chars + (~$y).chars == +((~$x) ~ (~$y)) should always hold. Same thing for list concatenat