Two small points of feedback

[Paul Benedict]

Solve it simply: introduce both rangeInclusive() and rangeExclusive()

On Fri, Jan 4, 2013 at 9:05 AM, Brian Goetz <brian.goetz at oracle.com> wrote:
>> My theory is that its because the numbers are discrete. "From Monday
>> to Wednesday" is closed in normal language, whereas "from 09:00 to
>> 17:00" is not. Similarly "the TV channels 1 to 4" is closed, but "from
>> 1.3 to 8.6" is more likely to be half-open.
>
> And what about
>
>    string.substring(0, 10)
>
> or
>
>    Arrays.sort(a, 0, 10)
>
> or...?   These have discrete numbers too.
>
> Given that either approach will be "surprising" to someone when taken
> out of context (with 10M Java developers, someone will be surprised at
> *anything*), I think you'd be pretty hard pressed to argue against
> adopting the way the vast majority of similar JDK mechanisms work?
>