July 06, 2009
Ary Borenszweig Wrote:

> ���� (noshiika) escribió:
> > Thank you for the great work, Walter and all the other contributors.
> > 
> > But I am a bit disappointed with the CaseRangeStatement syntax.
> > Why is it
> >    case 0: .. case 9:
> > instead of
> >    case 0 .. 9:
> > 
> > With the latter notation, ranges can be easily used together with
> > commas, for example:
> >    case 0, 2 .. 4, 6 .. 9:
> > 
> > And CaseRangeStatement, being inconsistent with other syntaxes using the .. operator, i.e. slicing and ForeachRangeStatement, includes the endpoint. Shouldn't D make use of another operator to express ranges that include the endpoints as Ruby or Perl6 does?
> 
> I agree.
> 
> I think this syntax is yet another one of those things people looking at D will say "ugly" and turn their heads away.

Yeah... It is ugly...

BR
Marcin Kuszczak
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