Re: x < y < z

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On 2015-07-17 5:56 AM, Pierre Chapuis wrote:
> > On Thu, Jul 16, 2015 at 4:00 PM, Tim Caswell <tim@creationix.com> wrote:
> > > This is one of those areas where languages without infix notation, but
> > > variable-length arguments (like lisp) smile.  You can just do (< x y z)
> > > and
> > > it will do what you expect or (< (<x y) z) to simulate the lua
> > > behaviour.
> > >
> > > But then you have to give up infix notation and/or have crazy
> > > conventions
> > > like {x < y < z} means to transform to (< x y z) if curly braces are
> > > used
> > > and every odd symbol is the same.
> > It's also possible to do it at the grammar level, defining the
> > comparison operators as being optionally ternary.
> If you allow that, you probably also want to allow x < y <= z and the like.
>
> I don't think the complexity is really worth it, but if a language is
> going to support such things it could go further and do something like:
>
>      if y in ]x,z] then
>
> which would also work with things like:
>
>      if y in {3, 5, 7, 9} then
>
> I don't think Lua is or should be that language though :)
  if y in ]x,z] then  is more saying   if y in include in aRangeObject

now introducing Range, can be alot more fun ...  and complex :o),
ranges can be use for ..

range tests, enumerator in some forloop, initialization, indexing array/table ... (check few with python)
beside be use for numbers, int, float, letters(remind pattern a-zA-Z) ...

can range be extent to be use a 2 dimensions (or n dimensions) ?
ex. range for complex number?  can be a line between the 2 numbers, or a rectangle of values between them (now this is more like a constrain domain)...

range or domain of constrain fct ? [ f(x), f(y) ]

etc...etc...

:o)