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Re: Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result

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and another one on Range#max, also *exclusive* range:

p (1...9.3).max # cannot exclude non Integer end value (TypeError)
p (1...9.3).max {|a,b| a <=> b} #=> 9

I think the result should be the same. Maybe the first one should
also return 9, not an error.

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Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result Joey Zhou <yimutang@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 07:42 -0500
  Re: Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result Joey Zhou <yimutang@gmail.com> - 2011-04-14 07:58 -0500
  Re: Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result Robert Klemme <shortcutter@googlemail.com> - 2011-04-14 08:28 -0500
  Re: Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result 7stud -- <bbxx789_05ss@yahoo.com> - 2011-04-14 11:47 -0500
  Re: Exclusive float range, Range#step result in counterintuitive result Su Zhang <zhangsu@live.com> - 2011-04-14 13:01 -0500

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