OpenEuphoria

Re: Strange behavior in sequence handling

• Posted by Derek Parnell <ddparnell at bigpond.com> May 07, 2001
• 459 views

----- Original Message -----
From: <Henri.Goffin at sbs.be>
To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
Subject: Strange behavior in sequence handling


Hi Henri,

>
> I'm a newcomer to Euphoria but I immediately found it interesting enough
to spend the few bucks that entitle you as a registered supporter. BTW are
there Euphoria T-shirts or something?

Now there's an idea. Maybe coffee mugs, and mouse pads too 

> Can somebody try the following and tell me if he/she gets the same weird
behavior:
>
> sequence L
> with trace
> trace(1)
> -- OK
> L = {'a', 'b', 'z'}
> L = {L, 1, 2}
> L = {L, 4, 5}
> -- probably OK all along the line
>
> -- Weird
> L = {'a', 'b', 'z'}
> L[1] = L -- Still OK
> L[1][1] = L -- Wow! Is this LISP or Prolog or something?
> trace(0)

I sure do. I'd say you have discovered a bug in Euphoria. Of course, it
could be just an undocumented feature.

------
Derek Parnell
Melbourne, Australia
"To finish a job quickly, go slower."