On 17/08/2011 20:35, Jacob Carlborg wrote:
D should have a built-in range type.
+1 or maybe +2 if I get an extra vote ;)
One that supports syntax for both including and excluding the last element: auto a = 3 .. 5 auto b = 3 ... 5
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Then we wouldn't need a special range syntax for switch statements. You could store ranges in variables and pass them to functions. opSlice probably wouldn't be needed, instead opIndex could be used and you would declare the method to take a range instead of two integers.
-- Robert http://octarineparrot.com/
