OpenEuphoria

Re: subscripts

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at ATTCANADA.NET> May 09, 2000
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Lewis Townsend writes:
> b = {1, 2, 1}
> c = a [b] -- this would work like x[1][2][1]

I think you meant a[1][2][1].

It seems logical that Euphoria should define
what it means to subscript a sequence with a sequence.
Another way to define it would be to allow code like:

      a["Lewis"] = 99
      a["Townsend"] = {1,2,3}
      ? a["Lewis"] + a["Townsend"]

I haven't been impressed enough with either way.
They are both fairly easy to implement, and won't
break existing code, but I suspect that neither would
be used that often or with that much advantage over
alternative ways of coding. I don't want to clutter
up the language with lots of features that are rarely
of much use. It would also allow some
subscript errors to evade immediate detection.

> If anyone is interested in why (specifically)
> I want this, I'll be glad to post a more real-life example.

Sure. Let's see it.

Regards,
   Rob Craig
   Rapid Deployment Software
   http://www.RapidEuphoria.com