using System.Collections.Generic;

namespace JM.LinqFaster
{
    public static partial class LinqFaster
    {
        /// <summary>
        /// Generates a sequence of integral numbers within a specified range.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="start">The value of the first integer in the sequence.</param>
        /// <param name="count">The number of sequential integers to generate.</param>
        /// <returns>A sequence that contains a range of sequential integral numbers.</returns>
        public static int[] RangeArrayF(int start, int count)
        {
            long max = ((long)start) + count - 1;
            if (count < 0 || max > int.MaxValue)
            {
                throw Error.ArgumentOutOfRange("count");
            }

            
            int[] result = new int[count];
            for (int i = 0; i < result.Length; i++)
            {
                result[i] = i + start;
            }
            return result;

        }


        /// <summary>
        /// Generates a sequence of integral numbers within a specified range.
        /// </summary>
        /// <param name="start">The value of the first integer in the sequence.</param>
        /// <param name="count">The number of sequential integers to generate.</param>
        /// <returns>A sequence that contains a range of sequential integral numbers.</returns>
        public static List<int> RangeListF(int start, int count)
        {
            long max = ((long)start) + count - 1;
            if (count < 0 || max > int.MaxValue)
            {
                throw Error.ArgumentOutOfRange("count");
            }

            
            var result = new List<int>(count);
            for (int i = 0; i < count; i++)
            {
                result.Add(i + start);
            }
            return result;
        }

    }
}