[Python-ideas] [Python-Dev] Inclusive Range (original) (raw)

Bruce Leban bruce at leapyear.org
Wed Oct 6 01:48:08 CEST 2010

With 1-based indexes, sometimes you have to add 1 and sometimes subtract 1 and sometimes neither. 0-based indexes avoid that problem.

Personally, I think changing any of this behavior has about the same probability of success as adding bleen<http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bleen> .

--- Bruce http://www.vroospeak.com http://j.mp/gruyere-security

On Tue, Oct 5, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Greg Ewing <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz>wrote:

Carl M. Johnson wrote:

I'm just curious about whether starting programmers have a strong preference for one or the other convention or whether both are confusing.

Starting programmers don't have enough experience to judge which will be less confusing in the long run, so their opinion shouldn't be given overriding weight when designing a language intended for real-life use. Speaking as an experienced programmer, I'm convinced that Python has made the right choice. Not because Dijkstra or any other authority says so, but because of my own personal experiences. -- Greg

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