Re: Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace = (stringifying comma) with =)

2000-08-16 Thread Stephen P. Potter
Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "Jeremy Howard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered: | No, neither proposal makes sense. Arrays can be stored compactly and | | $a[1_000_000_000] = 'oh, really?' # :-) | | my int @a: sparse; | $a[1_000_000_000] = 'Yes, really!' # :P | | OK, so I cheated...

Re: Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace = (stringifying comma) with =)

2000-08-16 Thread Jeremy Howard
Stephen P. Potter wrote: Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and "Jeremy Howard" [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered: | No, neither proposal makes sense. Arrays can be stored compactly and | | $a[1_000_000_000] = 'oh, really?' # :-) | | my int @a: sparse; | $a[1_000_000_000] = 'Yes,

Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace = (stringifying comma) with =)

2000-08-15 Thread Jeremy Howard
Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: On Wed, Aug 16, 2000 at 08:37:21AM +1000, Jeremy Howard wrote: Stephen P. Potter wrote: Lightning flashed, thunder crashed and John Porter [EMAIL PROTECTED] whispered : | Here's a counter-proposal: throw out hashes as a separate internal | data type, and

Re: Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace = (stringifying comma) with =)

2000-08-15 Thread Jarkko Hietaniemi
No, neither proposal makes sense. Arrays can be stored compactly and $a[1_000_000_000] = 'oh, really?' # :-) my int @a: sparse; I see: you have a time machine and I don't. So very unfair... $a[1_000_000_000] = 'Yes, really!' # :P OK, so I cheated... I haven't submitted my RFC

Re: Array storage (was Re: RFC 84 (v1) Replace = (stringifying comma) with =)

2000-08-15 Thread Jeremy Howard
Dan Sugalski wrote: At 05:55 PM 8/15/00 -0500, Jarkko Hietaniemi wrote: No, neither proposal makes sense. Arrays can be stored compactly and $a[1_000_000_000] = 'oh, really?' # :-) my int @a: sparse; I see: you have a time machine and I don't. So very unfair... Need