• Manu via Digitalmars-d (4/4) Apr 25 2015 I find myself using these a lot. I hacked them together because I
• Jakob Ovrum (2/8) Apr 25 2015 std.range.repeat?
• Meta (5/11) Apr 25 2015 LiteralRange looks quite similar to std.range.repeat[1], and
• Manu via Digitalmars-d (9/21) Apr 25 2015 Man, I suck so hard at navigating the std library! Practically nothing
• Panke (2/12) Apr 26 2015 There is a second overload.

Manu via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:

I find myself using these a lot. I hacked them together because I
couldn't find anything equally simple in the std library:

https://gist.github.com/TurkeyMan/1f551bc5a0d2cec8af2e

The question is, is there already a proper/better way to do this?

"Jakob Ovrum" <jakobovrum gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 04:59:48 UTC, Manu wrote:
 I find myself using these a lot. I hacked them together because 
 I
 couldn't find anything equally simple in the std library:

 https://gist.github.com/TurkeyMan/1f551bc5a0d2cec8af2e

 The question is, is there already a proper/better way to do 
 this?

std.range.repeat?

"Meta" <jared771 gmail.com> writes:

On Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 04:59:48 UTC, Manu wrote:
 I find myself using these a lot. I hacked them together because 
 I
 couldn't find anything equally simple in the std library:

 https://gist.github.com/TurkeyMan/1f551bc5a0d2cec8af2e

 The question is, is there already a proper/better way to do 
 this?

LiteralRange looks quite similar to std.range.repeat[1], and 
ConstantRange looks similar to std.range.only[2].

1: http://dlang.org/phobos/std_range.html#repeat
2: http://dlang.org/phobos/std_range.html#only

Manu via Digitalmars-d <digitalmars-d puremagic.com> writes:

Man, I suck so hard at navigating the std library! Practically nothing
is named anything I expect or am familiar with >_<
It shouldn't be easier to write my own than to find what I want in the lib.

There are some differences though; repeat() is not a literal, and
repeats infinitely, which means you need to conjoin take(n), which
leads to a long and less-readable line.
I wonder if there is any value to a literal/variable distinction as I have?

On 26 April 2015 at 15:05, Meta via Digitalmars-d
<digitalmars-d puremagic.com> wrote:
 On Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 04:59:48 UTC, Manu wrote:
 I find myself using these a lot. I hacked them together because I
 couldn't find anything equally simple in the std library:

 https://gist.github.com/TurkeyMan/1f551bc5a0d2cec8af2e

 The question is, is there already a proper/better way to do this?


 LiteralRange looks quite similar to std.range.repeat[1], and ConstantRange
 looks similar to std.range.only[2].

 1: http://dlang.org/phobos/std_range.html#repeat
 2: http://dlang.org/phobos/std_range.html#only

"Panke" <tobias pankrath.net> writes:

On Sunday, 26 April 2015 at 06:43:22 UTC, Manu wrote:
 Man, I suck so hard at navigating the std library! Practically 
 nothing
 is named anything I expect or am familiar with >_<
 It shouldn't be easier to write my own than to find what I want 
 in the lib.

 There are some differences though; repeat() is not a literal, 
 and
 repeats infinitely, which means you need to conjoin take(n), 
 which
 leads to a long and less-readable line.

There is a second overload.