1. re: Just say 'YES' to strings
re irv:
i'm not sure what your agenda is, wanting a datatype which prints "John" instead
of whatever john is in {0,1,2,3}. That's not a datatype, what you are referring
to is a method of output, specifically to a terminal.
just use puts() instead of print() or its alias, ?
if a string type was implemented in euphoria, it would have to be:
a) an alias for a sequence in *every way*
b) act as a sequence in all logical operations
c) act as a sequence in all mathematical operations
d) act as a sequence in all terminal display operations
or simply, be a sequence in every way; which is flagged to put to the terminal
window the actual ascii values instead of their numbers in ex.err
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2. re: Just say 'YES' to strings
FDe(censored) wrote:
>
> re irv:
>
> i'm not sure what your agenda is, wanting a datatype which prints "John"
> instead of
> whatever john is in {0,1,2,3}. That's not a datatype, what you are referring
> to is
> a method of output, specifically to a terminal.
Sorry, but you are incorrect.
If I create an integer variable, and try to assign 3.4567 to that variable,
it will be flagged as an error.
When I print out an integer variable, it will not print with a decimal
point and trailing zeros.
So an integer is not a datatype - just an output method,
specificlly to a terminal. Right?
> just use puts() instead of print() or its alias, ?
I (and others) have already given examples of why this is both
inefficient and confusing, as well as examples of other (simpler)
languages which handle strings in a logical manner.
> if a string type was implemented in euphoria, it would have to be:
We know that a string (or any other) type cannot be implemented in
Euphoria. But if it *could* be, what makes you think it would have
to be any of the following?
> a) an alias for a sequence in *every way*
> b) act as a sequence in all logical operations
> c) act as a sequence in all mathematical operations
> d) act as a sequence in all terminal display operations
>
> or simply, be a sequence in every way; which is flagged to put to the terminal
> window
> the actual ascii values instead of their numbers in ex.err
Many other languages have implemented string types which work *as expected*,
yet meet none of the above requirements.
Irv
