[swift-evolution] repeat loop enhancement

[Tyler Cloutier]

Likely because 

for 1…5 {

}

is the same as 

for 2…6 or for 0…4 

which is confusing.

Tyler

> On Dec 9, 2015, at 1:20 PM, Sean Heber via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
> 
> This seems like the most sensible thing to me - if you don’t need the variable, just leave it out! Nice and clean and no confusion.
> 
> l8r
> Sean
> 
> 
>> On Dec 9, 2015, at 3:18 PM, Brent Royal-Gordon via swift-evolution <swift-evolution at swift.org> wrote:
>> 
>>>> for x in 1...5 {
>>>> 	… some code…
>>>> }
>>> 
>>> for x in 1…5 - what does 1 … 5 mean? What does it mean for x to be in 1 … 5? Now you tell me x isn’t in 1 … 5 and I can replace x with _ what does it mean for _ to be in 1 … 5 and why do I need _ at all? _ isn’t in the loop either. What’s a loop?
>> 
>> You know, I look at this and wonder, why can’t you just say `for 1…5`?
>> 
>> -- 
>> Brent Royal-Gordon
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