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Re: we need official libs : Swap

• Posted by "Lucius L. Hilley III" <lhilley at CDC.NET> Jul 20, 1999
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I was silently and strongly supporting the syntax of
{the_junk, the_value} = gets(0)

Until, I saw the following possible implementation.

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> Poster:       "Boehme, Gabriel" <gboehme at POBOXB1.HQ.MSMAIL.MUSICLAND.COM>
> Organization: Musicland
> Subject:      Re: we need official libs : Swap
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> {values[3], values[7]} = get(0)
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> This could be okay -- even though we're referencing 'values' both times,
> 'values[3]' and 'values[7]' are two different locations. But what happens
> when we do this:
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> {values[i], values[j]} = get(0)


The only way I know to get around this mess is to either not allow
{valu1, valu2} = function()
OR to set the following rule.

{the_value, the_value} = gets(0)  --this equating to.
obj = gets(0)
the_value = obj[1]
the_value = obj[2]

    I don't see any problems with the syntax of
{hr, mn, sc, mh, dy, yr} = {cur_hr, cur_mn, cur_sc, cur_mh, cur_dy, cur_yr}
Assume you don't want the {hour, min, sec} but only want the
{month, day, year}.  You should still include the first 3 as placeholders.
However, If you only want the {hour, min, sec} and don't want the rest.
You should be able to do the following.
{hour, min, sec} = {cur_hr, cur_mn, cur_sc, cur_mh, cur_dy, cur_yr}
The remaining 3 are simply dropped or ignored.

    The more I look at this PERLish code the scarier it gets.
I think I will go hide under the bed now.

        Lucius L. Hilley III
          lhilley at cdc.net
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