Re: Feature for next Eu
On Fri, 12 Nov 1999 16:06:44 -0800, Cuny, David at DSS <David.Cuny at
DSS.CA.GOV> wrote:
>Roderick Jackson wrote:
>
>> last (s,5) --> the last 5 elements of s
>
>Long standing on my wish list is an 'end' operator, like this:
>
> s = s[1..end]
>
>instead of:
>
> s = s[1..length(s)]
>
>I suspect that this falls into the 'extra typing' clause, but it occurs
>often enough that having an idiomatic way of doing in in Euphoria is
>justified.
Also, very natural and clear.
>It's been mentioned a number of times that routine_id it disturbs the
>'purity' of Euphoria. Now, I'm the first to whine that it's not the most
>elegant construct in Euphoria. But, for me, it certainly has been one of the
>most valuable new features in Euphoria.
>
>Without it, writing EE was painful. All thee the event loops all had to be
>written inside out. I suspect that's why virtually no one (including myself)
>has used the TextGUI library.
>
>Virtually all the GUI toolkits I've coded since the introduction of
>routine_id have depended on it: WinMan, Win32Lib, Dos32Lib, and all flavors
>of Llama. My interpreters (such as Eu) couldn't be written without it,
>either.
>
>All this is to say that a feature, be it routine_id/peek/poke, etc.)
>shouldn't be dismissed merely because it's 'inelegant'.
>
>-- David Cuny
I didn't day that the capability wasn't needed, I said that it damages the
beauty and the CLARITY of the code...with as much emphasis as I
can put on the clarity. There is bound to be a cleaner method of
accomplishing this purpose. I don't have one in my head now, but I
am working on it.
Everett L.(Rett) Williams
rett at gvtc.com
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