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From: Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
To: Tom Tromey <tromey@redhat.com>
Cc: Project Archer <archer@sourceware.org>
Subject: Re: [python] implement "upto"
Date: Mon, 20 Jul 2009 06:17:00 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20090720061719.7A02B40F77@magilla.sf.frob.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Tom Tromey's message of  Friday, 17 July 2009 16:06:21 -0600 <m3hbxb3qxu.fsf@fleche.redhat.com>

> Roland> So the "upto" case is just shorthand for "up 0 from ...".
> 
> Or just "up from"

Right, I just meant to indicate the general case.

> Roland> Also, I presume there is nothing nontrivial about parallels for
> Roland> "down".  (A generalized "parse command fragment to frame filter"
> Roland> for the guts is probably desireable to be able to use in other
> Roland> python-implemented commands.)
> 
> Yeah to both.  As to when I can get to any of it, who knows :(

Don't worry about that.  These are just random feature ideas and any bits
of progress toward them is gratifying to see.


Thanks,
Roland

  reply	other threads:[~2009-07-20  6:17 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2009-07-02 22:34 feature idea: upto Roland McGrath
2009-07-07 16:18 ` [python] implement "upto" (Was: feature idea: upto) Tom Tromey
2009-07-09  4:25   ` Roland McGrath
2009-07-17 22:06     ` [python] implement "upto" Tom Tromey
2009-07-20  6:17       ` Roland McGrath [this message]
2009-07-23  7:00 ` feature idea: upto Jim Blandy
2009-07-23 18:15   ` Roland McGrath
2009-07-23 18:52     ` Tom Tromey
2009-07-23 19:08       ` Roland McGrath

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