Re: [RFC] linecut addition

[Matthew Woehlke]

Steven Schubiger wrote:
> Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> > So I guess it's important to specify if '-1' means "the last line", or 
> > "the n'th-to-last last line (n==1 in this example)" (in which case '-0' 
> > means something). Similarly, if 'n,+k' means "k line(s), starting at n" 
> > or "line n plus k line(s)". 
>
> I fail to see where your descriptions don't apply to the current
> working mechanism (implying that I eventually don't fully grok your 
> wording).

Probably, because...

> > Possibly best to pick so that '-0' and '+0' both either make sense 
> > or do not make sense. I think I lean towards being all one-based.
>
> I wouldn't want to use '+0' & '-0', because '+0' is basically a 
> no-op and assigning '-0' a meaning when '-1' does the same, seems 
> superfluous. We could emit some kind of outbound-error though.

...you obviously feel that '+0' means 'output no lines' and the last 
line is '-1', not '-0'. (There is nothing wrong with this, I was just 
noting that this is not the only possible interpretation.) Now that we 
agree on our definitions, we (by which I mean "I") just need to try not 
to mix them up :-).

--
Matthew
morphir: so much confusion :S kmake, kdemake, qmake make cmake etc.
logixoul: you forgot cmakekde :)
morphir: and bakemeacake