[antlr-interest] Using range operator (INT .. INT)

Jim Idle jimi at temporal-wave.com
Mon Nov 14 08:37:29 PST 2011


Fair enough ;)

Jim

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Michael Bedward [mailto:michael.bedward at gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 7:31 PM
> To: Jim Idle
> Cc: antlr-interest at antlr.org
> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] Using range operator (INT .. INT)
>
> Ah, I wouldn't trouble yourself Jim. I don't remember clearly but it
> was most likely a combination of laziness and ignorance on my part.
>
> As post-hoc rationalization, I note that the colon is used as the
> sequence operator in the R stats system, in which I do a lot of
> scripting, so the syntax seemed natural to me. Whether it does to
> anyone using my language (jiffle image scripting) I've no idea.
>
> Michael
>
> On 14 November 2011 12:19, Jim Idle <jimi at temporal-wave.com> wrote:
> > I am never sure why this causes so many people so much confusion.
> > Especially when I published a cut and paste answer to it. Care to say
> > why you thought it easier to abandon the idea? I am genuinely
> > interested in the answer.
> >
> > Jim
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: antlr-interest-bounces at antlr.org [mailto:antlr-interest-
> >> bounces at antlr.org] On Behalf Of Michael Bedward
> >> Sent: Sunday, November 13, 2011 4:36 PM
> >> To: Jiwon Seo; antlr-interest at antlr.org interest
> >> Subject: Re: [antlr-interest] Using range operator (INT .. INT)
> >>
> >> When dealing with the same issue a while ago I decided it was so
> much
> >> easier to cheat and use ":" rather than ".." to indicate a range :)
> >>
> >> Michael
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