meaning in their definition, not as a min(max()) s...

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[Hullaballoonatic]

meaning in their definition, not as a min(max()) set method

[elizarov]

require(x in 1..10) ?

[Hullaballoonatic]

i wanna make a library that allows the defining numbers constrained to ranges via mathematical notation, e.g.

val x: Int in [0,3.5) = 2 or something

[Hullaballoonatic]

why does cpp allow for 1 <= foo < 42 but java doesn't? why doesn't java use cpp's ** power operator? i'd love those in kotlin. Or rather am I unaware of a use kotlin has for ^ and thus why it doesn't just use that as a power operator?

[Hullaballoonatic]

i also really wish the ceiling and floor brackets from math notation existed on keyboards readily and were operator functions in kotlin 😛

[elizarov]

Aren’t you confusing cpp with Python?

[karelpeeters]

^ is xor in Java, so better use ** for power like python.

[elizarov]

https://youtrack.jetbrains.com/issue/KT-8248

[Hullaballoonatic]

cpp uses ** too, right?

[karelpeeters]

I don't think cpp has one either.