OpenEuphoria

RE: Wish: variable_id()

• Posted by Matthew Lewis <matthewwalkerlewis at YAHOO.COM> Dec 31, 2002
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You might want to try my modified interpreter
(http://www.rapideuphoria.com/exwm.zip), as it does exactly those things
you've asked for.

Matt Lewis


> From: Andy Serpa [mailto:ac at onehorseshy.com]

> It has been suggested before to add the ability to 
> parse/execute strings 
> as Euphoria code, which would be terrific, but short of that, 
> how about 
> variable_id(), which ought to be in the realm of possibility, 
> plus we've 
> already got routine_id(), and it is lonely.
> 
> The ability to look up variables by their names ala variable_id("x") 
> would make it trivial to make a user-created expression evaluator 
> without all sorts of code for assigning variables.  Of course, along 
> with variable_id() we'd need a couple of extra functions to make 
> assignments & lookup values via id -- i.e. get_value(v_id) & 
> assign(v_id, new_value).  Or maybe just make available a 
> special array 
> of all variables accessible within the current scope as is 
> done in some 
> languages. [ i.e.  VAR_ARRAY[4] = new_value; 
> find("x",VAR_ARRAY_NAMES), 
> etc. ]
> 
> Unlike many suggestions for new features, which are shortcuts 
> that might 
> make things easier but don't add new functionality to the 
> language, this 
> would open up all sorts of new possibilities that currently 
> are...well, 
> not possible.