- From: Christian Grün <cg@basex.org>
- Date: Mon, 30 Nov 2020 16:47:39 +0100
- To: Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com>
- Cc: Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com>, public-xslt-40@w3.org
"by" is more common to me as well; but maybe we should throw the dice.
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On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 4:09 PM Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
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> From
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> http://rigaux.org/language-study/syntax-across-languages.html#CntrFlowLoop
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> both "by" and "step" are used in multiple languages. Visual Basic and Ruby use "step"; Smalltalk, Maple, Common Lisp, Rexx, and CoffeeScript use "by".
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> Not a big deal, either would work.
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> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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> On 30 Nov 2020, at 14:07, Dave Pawson <dave.pawson@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 1 to 10 step 2 (may be) more common / familiar?
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> regards
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> On Mon, 30 Nov 2020 at 14:05, Michael Kay <mike@saxonica.com> wrote:
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> Someone, I forget who, gave feedback suggesting making "by" a binary operator so
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> 1 to 10 by 2 means ((1 to 10) by 2) i.e. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9
> 1 to 10 by -1 gives 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1
> ("A", "B", "C", "D") by 2 gives ("A", "C")
> ("A", "B", "C", "D") by -2 gives ("D", "B")
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> I've adopted this suggestion in my latest draft.
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> Michael Kay
> Saxonica
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> Dave Pawson
> XSLT XSL-FO FAQ.
> Docbook FAQ.
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