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Re: wishlist : structures

• Posted by Al Getz <xaxo at AOL.COM> Nov 07, 2000
• 478 views

Koda,

  I like the idea of structures too, but i have used the following
to emulate some simple structures which only have to be accessed
by other Euphoria code.  For example:

  my.width=145
  my.height=233

become:

  sequence my
  constant WIDTH=1, HEIGHT=2
  my={0,0}
  my[WIDTH]=145
  my[HEIGHT]=233

the only drawback is if you need WIDTH and HEIGHT for another struc,
you might have to super class all the constants:

  sequence my
  constant my_WIDTH=1, my_HEIGHT=2
  my={0,0}
  my[my_WIDTH]=145
  my[my_HEIGHT]=233

  sequence her
  constant her_WIDTH=2, her_HEIGHT=1
  her={0,0}
  her[her_WIDTH]=145
  her[her_HEIGHT]=233

I've used this method in several large programs and can still
understand what is being done after reading through the code
several months later.

Hope this helps some.

--Al