sleepless night & UFOs
Sorry, Guys,
I know I should not even be here, I am supposed to be chasing
international driving licences or packing, but I hope somebody will
help me get over a nasty mental block. I need a fast function to
change an arbitrary element of a sequence:
s = remap( s, { i1, i2, ...., iN }, newvalue)
In other words:
s[i1][i2]...[iN] = newvalue
where s is a nested sequence of an arbitrary depth, and i1, ..., iN
are indexes of the element to be assigned the newvalue. I think it is
possible, in fact I think I once devised a recursive formula to do
exactly that for a version of my menus, but I just cannot find it. So,
please, I already had one sleepless night!
[Side note to Robert]
Since we already have a 'nan' (not-a-number) quantity, can we have a
similar, possibly even more useful 'thing' for general objects?
Something like 'null', or 'NULL' or 'Null' in some hated environments,
or 'None' in Python. 'nao' would be ok with me, but my personal
preference is for 'ufo' (undefined-f...-object).
Just one other thing: Ralf, your 'each' construct is an excellent
idea. I also think, given plenty of time, even Gabriel will eventually
like it. (Sorry, Gabriel, *any* sign of conservatism brings out the
worst in me!) jiri
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