From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS4713 221.184.0.0/13 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-2.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, FORGED_GMAIL_RCVD,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS shortcircuit=no autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Received: from neon.ruby-lang.org (neon.ruby-lang.org [221.186.184.75]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 90C051F463 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 05:56:47 +0000 (UTC) Received: from neon.ruby-lang.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by neon.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDD25120A03; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:56:37 +0900 (JST) Received: from o1678948x4.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net (o1678948x4.outbound-mail.sendgrid.net [167.89.48.4]) by neon.ruby-lang.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id AA6C6120A03 for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 14:56:35 +0900 (JST) Received: by filter0100p3iad2.sendgrid.net with SMTP id filter0100p3iad2-3611-5D831895-26 2019-09-19 05:56:37.523961552 +0000 UTC m=+131907.619058253 Received: from herokuapp.com (unknown [54.82.13.197]) by ismtpd0008p1iad2.sendgrid.net (SG) with ESMTP id PTQ9dp0TQ1uGIRvXXQRWRw for ; Thu, 19 Sep 2019 05:56:37.517 +0000 (UTC) Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 05:56:37 +0000 (UTC) From: joshua.goodall@gmail.com Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Redmine-MailingListIntegration-Message-Ids: 70526 X-Redmine-Project: ruby-trunk X-Redmine-Issue-Id: 16114 X-Redmine-Issue-Author: pwim X-Redmine-Sender: inopinatus X-Mailer: Redmine X-Redmine-Host: bugs.ruby-lang.org X-Redmine-Site: Ruby Issue Tracking System X-Auto-Response-Suppress: All Auto-Submitted: auto-generated X-SG-EID: =?us-ascii?Q?wGpmiQMnTvCwgEKpkqO3LXyOzWukGMSWNpYZRPwEvhD7LVmo0zYTT3ZvEzIIgk?= =?us-ascii?Q?tr9FauoEomAoipvHDJfyBhjqpE=2F5uIGyMoGDRLb?= =?us-ascii?Q?ZBC3nX7P31WI4580BbwD3U8YHYmchGciduZ=2FZyj?= =?us-ascii?Q?prQndipXD6s2O2E43+pv3oG47j9j1IqKqpbLeik?= =?us-ascii?Q?YneQsLWS1nVYBJXwCA3=2FAvLb0xXpRT59BCw=3D=3D?= To: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org X-ML-Name: ruby-core X-Mail-Count: 94971 Subject: [ruby-core:94971] [Ruby master Bug#16114] Naming of "beginless range" X-BeenThere: ruby-core@ruby-lang.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list Reply-To: Ruby developers List-Id: Ruby developers List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ruby-core-bounces@ruby-lang.org Sender: "ruby-core" Issue #16114 has been updated by inopinatus (Joshua GOODALL). I hope this discussion leads to Ruby having Ranges congruent to all the mathematical intervals. Today we have right-unbounded ranges, and left-unbounded ranges, and right-closed ranges, and left-closed ranges, and right-open ranges -- but no left-open ranges. This is strange to me. It is like having the <, <=, >= operators, and forgetting >. I think "beginningless" might be cumbersome. I would smile if the term "bottomless" was adopted. ---------------------------------------- Bug #16114: Naming of "beginless range" https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/issues/16114#change-81588 * Author: pwim (Paul McMahon) * Status: Open * Priority: Normal * Assignee: * Target version: * ruby -v: * Backport: 2.5: UNKNOWN, 2.6: UNKNOWN ---------------------------------------- #14799 introduces a "beginless range" to complement the already existing "endless range". However, "beginless" isn't an existing word in English. Since the term for something without a beginning is "beginingless", I'd propose renaming "beginless range" to "beginningless range". -- https://bugs.ruby-lang.org/