WOW! Looking forward to many sleepless nights ;-) great work
regards
--
Eytan
On 9/7/05, Aparajita Fishman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Well, v4 is finally out, and you all have a big job ahead of you to
> digest all of the new features (18 pages of release notes!).
>
> Here's a few of my favorite new features. There are many, many more,
> but this is just a taste.
>
>
> String formatting
> -----------------
> String formatting is truly world class now. Check out these sections
> of the Interpreter chapter:
>
> - String Literals
> - String Interpolation
> - Heredoc Strings
> - String Format Operator
>
>
> Variable fun
> ------------
> You can now declare 4D process/interprocess variables on the fly,
> even in a compiled database! In conjunction with the 'execute in 4d'
> command, this will eliminate the need to create wrapper methods to
> implement missing commands.
>
> You can now add an element to an array and address it at the same
> time like this:
>
> array longint($longs; 0)
> $longs{} := 7
> $longs{} := 13
>
> It doesn't get much easier.
>
>
> Collections
> -----------
> You can now declare an array within a collection directly without
> having to create a separate array and then assign it, like this:
>
> array longint($myCollection{"ids"}; 0)
>
> You can also make collection items that don't yet exist the target of
> commands like SELECTION TO ARRAY, like this:
>
> selection to array([companies]id; $comp{"ids"}; [companies]name; $comp
> {"names"})
>
>
> Have fun!
>
> Regards,
>
> Aparajita
> Victory-Heart Productions
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>
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