syntax bug for "v[:end]"

[StefanKarpinski]

julia> v[:10]
10

julia> v[:end]
no method ref(Array{Int64,1},Symbol)

julia> v[:length(v)]
type error: apply: expected Function, got Symbol

Admittedly, I usually write the 1 at the front of the range, but this should probably work.

[StefanKarpinski]

On the other hand, how does one go about slicing an object with the symbol :end? One possible solution would be to not allow omission of the beginning index except in the case v[:]. After all, typing the 1 is not so bad.

[JeffBezanson]

I'm pretty sure we decided this when we picked the colon syntax for quoting. You just have to put the 1 now.

[StefanKarpinski]

Ah, ok. Didn't realize. All this minutiae should going in the arrays documentation at some point. Yikes.