How to use the ve-range-utils/getRangeLength function in ve-range-utils

//no selection layer yet, so we'll start one if necessary
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    //    c 
    //        n 
    //
    var dragEnd = {
        start: caretPosition,
        end: normalizePositionByRangeLength(nearestCaretPos - 1, sequenceLength, true)
    }
    var dragStart = {
        start: nearestCaretPos,
        end: normalizePositionByRangeLength(caretPosition - 1, sequenceLength, true)
    }
    if (caretPosition === nearestCaretPos) {
        return // do nothing because nearestCaretPos === caretPosition
    } else if (getRangeLength(dragEnd, sequenceLength) < getRangeLength(dragStart, sequenceLength)) {
        draggingEnd = true; //the caret becomes the "selection end"
        selectionLayerUpdate(dragEnd)
    } else {
        draggingEnd = false; //the caret becomes the "selection end"
        selectionLayerUpdate(dragStart)
    }
}
function handleCaretDrag({caretPosition, selectionLayer, selectionLayerUpdate, nearestCaretPos, sequenceLength}) {