range syntax for C

[t.l.hansen]

others wrote:

<<< How about using a double colon like this 1::10
<< Except it might do screwy things if C++ ever wanted to adopt case ranges.

to which I responded:

< Would it really do screwy things? Because of the maximal munch rule, a new
< token "::" would have to be parsed as "::" and not as a ":" followed by
< another ":".

Sigh, somedays you can't win. I've been working with C++ for 6-7 years, have
written a fairly popular book on the subject, and I KNOW that :: is an
operator in C++.

But, was I thinking about C++ when I responded above? Did I notice the "++"
in the above quote? No, it flew completely by me.

As a famous comedienne often said: Never mind.

Sorry for the wasted bandwidth.

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