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Re: A better way to do this?

• Posted by Al Getz <Xaxo at aol.com> Feb 25, 2005
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Brent W. Hughes wrote:
> Here are a couple of solutions that I don't like:
> --****************************************
> function Sub2(sequence MyList)
> 	MyList[900] = 5
> 	return MyList
> end function
> -----------------------------------------
> sequence List
> 	List = repeat(0,10000)
> 	List = Sub2(List)
> ------------------------------------------

Hi there,


I've used this technique myself many times, but mainly with
small sequences.  You could ask Rob how he implements
function calls that declare privates that are also returned,
but i think in order for the function to be truely recursive
it has to create a new sequence (if the function calls itself).

This is one of the reasons i was pushing for "re-includes"...
that is, you can include a file several times in the same ew file
and each time it creates a separate 'instance' of that include file.
Like:
  include MyList.ew as ML1
  include MyList.ew as ML2

now you have two lists:
  ML1:MyList
and
  ML2:MyList
so depending on which list you want to read/write to, you
just use that one's name space qualifier, ML1 or ML2 in this case.

Without that feature, you could copy the file MyList.ew and past it
and rename it to MyList1.ew and the copy as MyList2.ew and include them
both like:
  include MyList1.ew as ML1
  include MyList2.ew as ML2

You then end up with the same functionality.


Take care,
Al

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