[docs] Use mathematical interval notation for breakpoints #20843
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Oh wow, I had no idea the notation was different in en-US, the fr-FR version: https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intervalle_(math%C3%A9matiques). |
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It seems that both are in the ISO spec:
I guess we should pick what en-US are used to. |
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The German page mentions that [a, b) is traditional while [a, b[ is used to disambiguate ordered pairs e.g. (a, b). I don't think we use ordered pairs anywhere so I'd stick with the "traditional" notation. |
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@eps1lon Thanks for the information, I guess it depends on our context :). France has this weird (unique?) system where entry to college isn't competitive but entry to engineering school is. We end up with a system where students are competing to enter the engineering schools to play the status game. It's also played by the enterprises that hire for the best positions (the most appealing) from the schools that are the hardest to get into. After high school, I have intensively prepared for 2 years to take the competitive exams and getting a chance to enter one of the top engineering schools in France. We had 3 fields, and almost only, to study: Maths, Physics, and Applied sciences. By intensively, I mean that if a student wants a chance to get into the top schools, it requires about the same level of implication, for 2 years, that I had for the last 18 months with Material-UI, >60% of one's time (considering we have 112 weaken hours/week), and a strong conviction that it's going to play out well long term, that it worth it :D. I have seen this syntax too much, but it was a long time ago now 🙃. |
I guess the trailing
[should indicate "exclusive"? Where does this notation come from? If there's a more widely known, non-technical notation I'm all for it. Until then we should stick with an established notation.