[racket-dev] [racket-bug] all/11166: stepper index off by one

On Sep 7, 2010, at 6:56 AM, mlsmith at cs.vassar.edu wrote:

> A new problem report is waiting at
>  http://bugs.racket-lang.org/query/?cmd=view&pr=11166
> 
> Reported by Marc Smith for release: 5.0.1
> 
> *** Description:
> When stepping through a program in BSL, the stepper shows current progress, e.g., 
> 0/3, 1/3, 2/3
> But since the step numbers start at 0, the progress only goes to (n-1)/n, and not n/n when the user has stepped through the entire program.
> I didn't notice this situation, but my students did during class, which became their first lesson in 0-based indexing (for better or worse).
> Thanks! Marc

That was a deliberate choice, though I could be convinced that it was the wrong one; I think I was trying to mirror the behavior of the current "search" command.

Any other opinions?

John

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