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From: Eric Sosman <esosman@comcast-dot-net.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Inclusive or exclusive array
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On 8/1/2019 7:15 PM, Daniele Futtorovic wrote:
> On 2019-08-01 20:20, Eric Sosman wrote:
>>      - Exclusive end:
>>      - Count:
>>      - Inclusive end (I may be quibbling):
> 
> Any preferences?

     Mild ones.

     In string-bashing, it seems a frequent task is to find the start
of an interesting piece, scan forward for a delimiter of some kind,
and snip out the interesting piece.  String::substring(int, int) fits
very naturally into this sort of scenario, IMHO, especially since the
exclusive end of one piece is exactly the inclusive start of the
piece that follows.

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