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Re: Inclusive or exclusive array

From	Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.java.programmer
Subject	Re: Inclusive or exclusive array
Date	2019-08-01 11:19 -0400
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On 8/1/2019 7:47 AM, Eric Sosman wrote:
> On 8/1/2019 4:02 AM, Andreas Leitgeb wrote:
>> Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> wrote:
>>> What I *did* mean was
>>>       - (inclusive start, exclusive end) is most common
>>>       - (inclusive start, length) is seen, less commonly
>>>       - (inclusive start, inclusive end) is seen, but is rare
>>
>> Just curious: on what analysis is this based?
> 
>      Details are in my forthcoming paper in the September "Proceedings
> of the Royal and Ancient Society of Distracted Dizzy Doofuses."  :-)
> 
>      That is, it's my own informal impression of the practice among
> Java SE methods, necessarily biased toward those I myself wind up
> using frequently.  YMMV, naturally.

java.lang.String.substring() is one noticeable example of exclusive end.

It may be worth noting that .NET System.String.Substring(),
C++ std::string::substr() and PHP substr() all chose length.

Arne

Thread

Inclusive or exclusive array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2019-07-30 18:24 +0200
  Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-07-30 12:52 -0400
    Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Cecil Westerhof <Cecil@decebal.nl> - 2019-07-30 20:41 +0200
      Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-07-31 02:19 +0200
        Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-07-31 07:22 -0400
          Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-08-01 00:44 +0200
          Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2019-08-01 08:02 +0000
            Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-08-01 07:47 -0400
              Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-08-01 11:19 -0400
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-08-01 10:04 -0700
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-08-02 17:51 +0000
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-08-02 10:58 -0700
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array nobody@example.org (Scott) - 2019-08-03 05:40 +0000
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-08-03 21:32 -0400
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-08-05 05:04 -0700
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-08-05 19:30 -0400
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-08-01 14:20 -0400
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Daniele Futtorovic <da.futt.news@laposte-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-08-02 01:15 +0200
                Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-08-02 16:17 -0400
    IntStream.rangeClosed()   (was: Re: Inclusive or exclusive array) Andreas Leitgeb <avl@logic.at> - 2019-07-31 11:33 +0000
      Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-07-31 07:59 -0400
        Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-07-31 05:40 -0700
          Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid> - 2019-07-31 11:02 -0400
            Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-07-31 08:39 -0700
        Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Martin Gregorie <martin@mydomain.invalid> - 2019-07-31 16:46 +0000
          Re: IntStream.rangeClosed() Eric Douglas <e.d.programmer@gmail.com> - 2019-07-31 10:16 -0700
  Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Marcel Mueller <news.5.maazl@spamgourmet.org> - 2019-07-30 23:21 +0200
  Re: Inclusive or exclusive array Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2019-07-30 19:43 -0400

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