[ruby-core:91068] [Ruby trunk Feature#15523] `Range#begin` and `Range#end`

[mame@ruby-lang.org]

Issue #15523 has been updated by mame (Yusuke Endoh).


Objection.

I understand that "your problem" is confusion between a keyword "begin" and "Range#keyword".  First, I have never been confused by the fact.  Then,

> * Let Range#begin and Range#end be aliases of Range#first and Range#last, respectively, or

This does not solve your problem at all.

> * Let Range#begin and Range#end be obsolete after a migration path of waning against their use and recommending the use of Range#first and Range#last instead.

Your problem looks too weak to me to deprecate an existing feature.


Off-topic: Could you please make the title informative?  "`Range#begin` and `Range#end`" doesn't tell me what is a problem or proposal.  I never say this to a newbie, but you have already opened hundreds of tickets.

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Feature #15523: `Range#begin` and `Range#end`
https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/15523#change-76290

* Author: sawa (Tsuyoshi Sawada)
* Status: Open
* Priority: Normal
* Assignee: 
* Target version: 
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My understanding is that `Range#begin` and `Range#end`'s features are just subsets of `Range#first` and `Range#last`, respectively. And since they are slightly confusing with the keywords `begin` and `end`, I propose to either:

* Let `Range#begin` and `Range#end` be aliases of `Range#first` and `Range#last`, respectively, or
* Let `Range#begin` and `Range#end` be obsolete after a migration path of waning against their use and recommending the use of `Range#first` and `Range#last` instead.





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