OpenEuphoria

Re: Wierd Language Syntax idea

• Posted by Robert Craig <rds at EMAIL.MSN.COM> Jun 04, 1998
• 790 views

Daniel and Irv want (for example):

     {{1,2},{3,4},{5,6}} * {0,1}

to give the result:

     {{0,2},{0,4},{0,6}}

instead of an error, like it does now (length 3 != 2)

But what if you had:

    {{1,2}, {3,4}} * {0,1}

Now the lengths *do* match 2=2, so currently Euphoria
will give you:

   {{0,0}, {3,4}}

Do you guys really want to break existing Euphoria
programs and instead get the result:

   {{0,2}, {0,4}}

or would you rather have your new behavior revert back
to the old behavior whenever the lengths *just happen* to
be the same (by coincidence)?

What you are trying to achieve seems legitimate, but
I can't accept it in the current form that you propose it.

Regards,
     Rob Craig
     Rapid Deployment Software