OpenEuphoria

Re: New Docs, new layout

• Posted by Alan F <acf.projects at gm?il?com> May 02, 2008
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Jeremy Cowgar wrote:
> 
> Shawn Pringle wrote:
> > 
> > Hey Jeremy,
> > 
> >Secondly, there are so many
> > types that seem to be only implemented as functions.  Why not implement them
> > as types to extend their functionality?  These types include isxdigit(), 
> > for example.
> 
> I was thinking of that, but do we want types for all those C is??? functions?
> i.e. the types would be: alnum, alpha, ascii, cntrl, digit, graph, lower,
> print,
> punct, space, upper, xdigit ... some of thse in there we cannot use (lower,
> print, upper) and others would be confusing as a type (space, graph).
> 

I think it would be useful to have these as types rather than simply as
functions, but I agree that simply leaving the 'is' and dropping it entirely
to make the type name is not ideal. Perhaps some sort of prefix, like 't_',
in front of the name, so we have t_alnum, t_alpha, etc.