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On Tue, 8 Sep 2015 22:21:15 +0200 (CEST)
Roland Lutz <rlutz AT hedmen DOT org> wrote:

> On Sun, 6 Sep 2015, Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> >> Pin ranges can be denoted by either ".." or ":"; when using the latter 
> >> notation, the last pin isn't included in the list.
> >
> > what is the benefit of the ":"-format?
> 
> I'm not a fan of notations where the first and last included element are 
> mentioned; but I realize some users might want to use such a format, so I 
> allowed typing "0..7" instead of "0:8".

For C/C++ switch case "0 ... 7" could be used for ranges and for ADA "0 .. 7" could be used for ranges. I think "0..7" is great!