On 9/17/07, Ed Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Zefram wrote: > > > It seems to me that switches are a special case of your variable concept, > > where the restricting type is an enumeration. > > It doesn't have to be. A rule could define a switch's valid values > as "all real numbers from 0 (default) to 1, inclusive", for instance.
It could but that would break the switch metaphor IMO. I'd suggest calling such a thing a "dial". Then again personally I think a "switch" should have exactly two possible values. -- Geoffrey Spear http://www.geoffreyspear.com/
