Re: Substring & friends

[Norman Adams <adams%tekchips.tek.csnet@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA>]

    On the other hand <start> and <end> could be defined to both be
    inclusive.  Now, I realize that there are probably too many instances of
    substring & friends running around, and that this would be incompatible
    with CL's subsequence, but I for one dislike the notion of (exclusive)
    indices that may not be (really) valid indices.  Comments?

Here's a comment:
    
Currently, if given <start> and <length>, then <end> = <start> + <length>;
whereas with inclusive indices <end> = <start> + <length> - 1.  I prefer
to not have to adjust by 1 in index computations.

-Norman    
    
    
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