OpenEuphoria

Re: . or : for namespace?

• Posted by Mike <vulcan at w?n?co.nz> May 06, 2008
• 672 views

yuku wrote:
> 
> Mike wrote:
> > Now, here is an example of how silly it can get:
> > 
> > include file.x as b
> > sequence a
> > ..
> > 
> > a.b.c
> > 
> > What does this mean? it really means <drum roll>  a . b:c
> 
> But what can that really mean? Does it mean that c is a constant in namespace
> b

It could be a constant or variable

> and a.b:c means the same as a[b:c] ?

Yes.

The point was that it *could* (without further investigation) also be

a:b [ c ]

which is the whole point - nobody knows what's going on.

Mike