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Re: Discussion concerning [POLL] Sequences of types

• Posted by c.k.lester <euphoric at c?le?ter.com> Aug 24, 2007
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Juergen Luethje wrote:
> 
> Say we have something like
>    names = {"Tom", "Mary", "Bob"}
> 
> If the new syntax is not restricted, then at least each of the following
> would be syntactically correct:
>    object names
>    sequence names
>    sequence of sequence names
>    sequence of sequence of object names
>    sequence of sequence of atom names
>    sequence of sequence of integer names
> 
> and maybe even
>    object of sequence names
>    object of sequence of object names
>    object of sequence of atom names
>    object of sequence of integer names
> 
> or
>    sequence of object names
>    sequence of object of object names
>    sequence of object of atom names
>    sequence of object of integer names
> 
> or
>    object of object names
>    object of object of object names
>    object of object of atom names
>    object of object of integer names

That's really horrendous. LOL! :D

> I'm strongly against the introduction of the new type syntax without
> this restriction.

I strongly agree with you.