Re: [sc-users] detect / detectIndex

[James McCartney <asynth@xxxxxx>]

On May 3, 2004, at 4:05 PM, James Harkins wrote:

> --- James McCartney <asynth@xxxxxx> wrote:
> > On May 3, 2004, at 12:26 PM, James Harkins wrote:
> >
> > > read, but hey, I can't use it because it "has
> > never
> > > been needed in Lisp or Smalltalk."

array[begin..].detect { ... }

> > >
> > What about stopping at a certain index?

array[..end].detect { ... }

> > What about
> > skipping every other
> > one.

array[0,2..].detect { ... }

> > What about going backwards?

array.reverse.detect { ... }

> This is a better counterargument, but of course it
> isn't the one you started with.

It is the same argument. I don't see a need for it. The change is an 
arbitrary one, not a general one.
None of the above are O(n*n).