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		Mikhail_K on Jan 20, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Again on 0-based vs. 1-based indexing Negative indices are bug-prone. If you mess up iteration bounds, you should get an error, not silent incorrect indexing.

robertlagrant on Jan 20, 2021 [–]

Can you give an example?

Mikhail_K on Jan 24, 2021 | [–]

Sure. Let's take array elements in reverse, from m to m-n. Suppose n erroneously becomes larger than m. That should produce an error, not silently take several tailing elements.

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