From 897cb4b077736a4658a725d498dea40032c58041 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Timothee Cour <timothee.cour2@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 2021 03:13:28 -0800
Subject: [PATCH] nep1: prefer `a..b` to `a .. b` except if `b` has an operator
 (eg: `a .. -1`) (#16992)

* nep1: prefer `a..b` to `a .. b` except if b has an operator

* address comments

* address comment
---
 doc/nep1.rst | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/nep1.rst b/doc/nep1.rst
index e1d877816982..052837b900a6 100644
--- a/doc/nep1.rst
+++ b/doc/nep1.rst
@@ -280,3 +280,6 @@ Conventions for multi-line statements and expressions
   .. code-block:: nim
     startProcess(nimExecutable, currentDirectory, compilerArguments
                  environment, processOptions)
+
+- Use `a..b` instead of `a .. b`, except when `b` contains an operator, for example `a .. -3`.
+  Likewise with `a..<b`, `a..^b` and other operators starting with `..`.