Re: [PROPOSAL] Alphanumeric decrement

From: Date: Fri, 13 Dec 2013 07:09:19 +0000
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Alphanumeric decrement
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On Thu, Dec 12, 2013 at 9:58 PM, Marc Bennewitz <[email protected]>wrote:

> Hi
>
> Decrementing "a" to a number isn't a good idea because on incrementing
> again you will increment the number and not go back to "a".
>

Why not just have "a" decrement to an empty string (i.e. "") and an empty
string increment to "a"?  Then a decrement on an empty string could trigger
a warning and remain empty.  That way, we won't have situations where
decrementing from "a" and incrementing back would output a number.

--Kris


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