API design: (start,length) vs (start,end)

[Per Bothner]

On 11/20/2012 10:34 AM, Brian Goetz wrote:
> That's a good point.  I had thought there was more precedent for (start,
> length) but I am not finding it right now.

The java.lang.String constructors take (offset,count) - but
String#subssring and CharSequence#subSequence take (fromIndex,toIndex).
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