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Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence'
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Kenichi Handa |
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Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence' |
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Tue, 25 Mar 2003 10:59:55 +0900 (JST) |
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In article <address@hidden>, Luc Teirlinck <address@hidden> writes:
> I find the name `sequence' for the new function confusing, however,
> since it looks so analogous to `list', `string' and `vector', 'making
> (sequence from to type) look like a synonym for:
> (type from to). Would the name `interval' not be better? After all,
> an interval is exactly what the function returns.
[...]
> Or `range' might be a good name too.
I don't have a strong opinion about the function name, and
as English is not my native language, I can't tell how each
word fits with the functionality. But, I like `range'
because it is the shortest. :-)
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Ken'ichi HANDA
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- request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/22
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Stefan Monnier, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Stefan Monnier, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Luc Teirlinck, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Luc Teirlinck, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence',
Kenichi Handa <=
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Luc Teirlinck, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Satyaki Das, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Satyaki Das, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/24
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Satyaki Das, 2003/03/25
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/25
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Satyaki Das, 2003/03/25
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Kenichi Handa, 2003/03/25
- Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence', Satyaki Das, 2003/03/25