From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 481952018A for ; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 16:09:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751166AbcFXQJr (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:09:47 -0400 Received: from cloud.peff.net ([50.56.180.127]:59751 "HELO cloud.peff.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1751082AbcFXQJq (ORCPT ); Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:09:46 -0400 Received: (qmail 22156 invoked by uid 102); 24 Jun 2016 16:09:46 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO peff.net) (10.0.1.2) by cloud.peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:09:46 -0400 Received: (qmail 20399 invoked by uid 107); 24 Jun 2016 16:10:01 -0000 Received: from sigill.intra.peff.net (HELO sigill.intra.peff.net) (10.0.0.7) by peff.net (qpsmtpd/0.84) with SMTP; Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:10:01 -0400 Received: by sigill.intra.peff.net (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:09:43 -0400 Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 12:09:43 -0400 From: Jeff King To: Philip Oakley Cc: Git List Subject: Re: name for A..B ranges? Message-ID: <20160624160943.GA3170@sigill.intra.peff.net> References: <0648000B273C412AB7140AE959EBC99A@PhilipOakley> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <0648000B273C412AB7140AE959EBC99A@PhilipOakley> Sender: git-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: git@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 22, 2016 at 08:25:59AM +0100, Philip Oakley wrote: > Is there a common name for the A..B range format (two dots) that would > complement the A...B (three dots) symmetric range format's name? > > I was looking at the --left-right distinctions and noticed that the trail > back to the symmetric range description was rather thin (it's buried within > gitrevisions:Specifying Ranges, and even then its called a symmetric > difference. I would just call it a range, or possibly a set difference. But I don't think we have any established naming beyond that. -Peff