ints(), longs(), doubles() <was> Re: Ranges
Brian Goetz
brian.goetz at oracle.com
Fri May 3 10:26:47 PDT 2013
> I don't think it would. While "indexes" does capture the essence of a
> common use of this method, I think of [start, bound) as a range, and
> would look it up under that name. range and rangeClosed are very similar
> concepts; they should have similar names. The potential for confusion
> doesn't seem that significant to me.
With two forms, I agree. But the next two questions are:
- what about decreasing ranges?
- what about decreasing closed/half-open ranges (whichever the above
isnt)?
Now, if the answer to these incremental questions is "you lose", then
range and rangeClosed are fine, and we're done.
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