in reply to Re^4: getting rid of special features
in thread getting rid of costly special features

how is that not symmetric to how ranges of strings work?

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Re^6: getting rid of special features
by LanX (Saint) on Feb 17, 2013 at 20:55 UTC
    I meant yes (ranges) and no (decrement)

    The symmetry between integers and strings is broken.

    Cheers Rolf