Package: enum
Version: 1.0.3-1
Severity: minor
Dear Maintainer,
If 'COUNTx' means do something COUNT times, '0x'
should do (and print) nothing, but:
% enum .. 0x 4 .. 40
ERROR: Unidentified token:
0x
Comparitive note; 'jot' is more confusing. Its first argument is 'reps',
but '0' reps means "infinity":
% jot 0 1 2
jot: Infinite sequences cannot be bounded
usage: jot [ options ] [ reps [ begin [ end [ s ] ] ] ]
# unbounded
% jot 0 1 | head | tail -n 1
10
# show how far it gets in 2 seconds. (Almost two million.)
% { timeout 2s jot 0 1 ; } | tail -n 1
1748104
'tail -n' seems more intuitive:
% enum 10 | tail -n 0 ; echo finis
finis
I'd suggest letting '0x' mean "print nothing".
Hope this helps...
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Versions of packages enum depends on:
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enum recommends no packages.
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