Re: Re[2]: (Another) (small) Eu 2.5 feature request.
- Posted by "Kat" <gertie at visionsix.com> Sep 24, 2004
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On 24 Sep 2004, at 13:28, Patrick Barnes wrote: >=20 >=20 > > > Y'know, it's wonderful that a sequence can hold anything... it's much= > > > better than C-style arrays. > > > However, can *anyone* show me a program where they've used a sequence= > > > variable that was: > > > 1. Large. > > > 2. Completely non-homogenous. That is, there was no underlying > > > structure to the sequence *at all*... > > > > >=20 > > Win32lib has the potential to do that. It uses a type of associative ar= ray for > > some things. >=20 > Really? So there's no pattern whatsoever to the array? Can you expand > that description? I used getxml() for years to extract freeform unstructured data from sequences, like this: <h1>Cat Stevens </h1> <fld01>Cat Stevens</fld01> <br> <fld29> </fld29> <fld18> </fld18> <br> 1. <defblk> <Syntax>propnoun,sing</Syntax>=20 <Semantic>per+male</Semantic> <def>a singer and songwriter in the USA; wrote "Baby It's A Wild World" and "Lady D'Arbanville" for the actor and= =20 model Patti D'Arbanville.</def> </defblk> <br> or this: <h1>cat </h1> <fld01>cat</fld01> <br> <fld18>catty,cattier,cattiest,cattily,cattiness,cattish</fld18> <br> <fld29>cats,catting,catted</fld29> <br> <snip> 2. <defblk> <fld20>03</fld20> <Syntax>noun,sing</Syntax> <Semantic>real+animal</Semantic> <def>a small, lithe, soft-furred animal= =20 (<altname>Felis cattus </altname>) of this family, domesticated since ancient times and often kept as a pet or for killing mice</def> </defblk> <= br> Kat=0F