in reply to Re^3: c-style for loop versus list for loop, and bigint
in thread c-style for loop versus list for loop, and bigint

> The range operator is intended to be efficient for the majority of every day use cases.

oh please come on!

Don't you think use bigint may indicate a non everyday use case?

Neither bigint nor Math::BigInt mention this problem or even the range operator.

And maybe it's even possible to fix by overloading ".." in UNIVERSAL.¹

Cheers Rolf

UPDATE:

1) seems like overloading the range operator was never intended: Overloadable Operations

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Re^5: c-style for loop versus list for loop, and bigint
by BrowserUk (Patriarch) on May 19, 2011 at 21:56 UTC
    Neither bigint nor Math::BigInt mention [] the range operator.

    Which to my way of thinking means that this isn't a problem.

    But you'll doubtless have your own meandering & multiply updated opinion.

    Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
    "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
    In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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      > But you'll doubtless have your own meandering & multiply updated opinion.

      And doubtless you fall back to rhetorical tricks, when you're running out of arguments. :)

      Cheers Rolf

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        For the record: rhetoric is not trickery, it is "the art and study of the use of language with persuasive effect."

        Conveying ones arguments with concise clarity for the purpose of moving the debate forward. Making it clear what your argument is, so that is may be agreed or countered directly, rather than wasting time arguing about what you were trying to say, or what you didn't say.

        To make things (accordant or discordant) clear; not to deceive.

        On the other hand, your repeated conflation of two such contradictory concepts, whether through misconception or design, is very easy to construe as diversion or misdirection, both of which are forms of trickery.

        It would do your discourse well were you not to so conflate.

        Examine what is said, not who speaks -- Silence betokens consent -- Love the truth but pardon error.
        "Science is about questioning the status quo. Questioning authority".
        In the absence of evidence, opinion is indistinguishable from prejudice.
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