> On Apr 5, 2016, at 3:22 PM, Erica Sadun via swift-evolution
> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>
>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 4:17 PM, Dave Abrahams via swift-evolution
>> <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>>
>> on Tue Apr 05 2016, Erica Sadun <swift-evolution@swift.org> wrote:
>>
>>> On Apr 5, 2016, at 1:54 PM, Dave Abrahams
>>> <dabrah...@apple.com> wrote:
>>> IMO this:
>>>
>>> (-9...0).reverse()
>>>
>>> is better than
>>>
>>> stride(from: 0, to: -10, by: -1)
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> The latter better reflects an author's actual intent. The former depends on
>>> implementation details, which can be hazy, especially, around the edge
>>> cases. It
>>> is quicker to read, understand, and verify that the latter is what is
>>> meant.
>>
>> Except that there seems to be some confusion over what "to:" means, right?
>
> obviously (0..<-10).by(-2) would be best.
(0 ..> -10).by(-2)?
Maybe having another range operator is overkill, but ..< seems pretty bonkers
here.
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