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Here $i^3=-i$, so the argument condition concerns $z+i$. Writing $z=x+iy$, the complex number $x+i(y+1)$ must point along the direction $1+i$. ConsequentlyThis is an open ray in the Argand plane, rather than the whole straight line. Its endpoint $z=-i$ is excluded because the argument of zero is undefined; the opposite half-line has a different argument.

A half-line beginning at $p$ with a nonzero direction vector $v$. Removing the endpoint gives an open ray; allowing every real parameter gives the whole straight line.