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10/26/2013

02:44 PM Ruby master Feature #9049: Shorthands (a:b, *) for inclusive indexing

@boris_stitnicky What about ~? x[3~4,1~5], for example. I don't like it as much as colon, but it looks a little more ... mohawkjohn (John Woods)

10/24/2013

11:55 PM Ruby master Feature #9049: Shorthands (a:b, *) for inclusive indexing

Yes. 1:2 is the same as 1..2; it's inclusive of the begin and end indices. It is not equivalent to 1...2.
I would ... mohawkjohn (John Woods)

03:50 PM Ruby master Feature #9049: Shorthands (a:b, *) for inclusive indexing

@boris_stitnicky I don't think it matters if it collides. It's simple to convert a key-value pair into a range in C c... mohawkjohn (John Woods)

11:54 AM Ruby master Feature #9049 (Open): Shorthands (a:b, *) for inclusive indexing

For NMatrix, we've implemented a range shorthand which relies on Hashes: `m[1=>3, 2=>4]`, for example, which returns ... mohawkjohn (John Woods)

11:56 AM Ruby master Feature #9047: Alternate hash key syntax for symbols

@matz Very well, and thank you for the consideration. I opened a new issue on that topic: #9049. mohawkjohn (John Woods)

12:54 AM Ruby master Feature #9047: Alternate hash key syntax for symbols

This may or may not be related, but we here at NMatrix (part of SciRuby) would love to be able to index ranges in NMa... mohawkjohn (John Woods)