Re: Range Expressions

> so i'd vote for "every"
> except that "every" might create an ambiguity in the grammar.

Not only that, but "every -1" sounds awful

Thanks,
Dimitre

On Mon, Nov 30, 2020 at 8:44 AM Liam R. E. Quin <liam@fromoldbooks.org>
wrote:

> On Mon, 2020-11-30 at 15:08 +0000, Michael Kay wrote:
> > From
> >
> >
> http://rigaux.org/language-study/syntax-across-languages.html#CntrFlowLoop
> >
> > both "by" and "step" are used in multiple languages.
>
> Well, the bikeshed should be... er i mean.. we should probably avoid
> anything that implies procedural looping, so i'd vote for "every"
> except that "every" might create an ambiguity in the grammar.
>
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