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Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence'


From: Kenichi Handa
Subject: Re: request for a new function, say, `sequence'
Date: 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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