It's really only with lists that the "empty string == null" argument
can be applied, because in "real" collections you don't use a value to
define an item in the collection, you define the item itself, and
supply it with a value to store.  So if I say myArray[1] = "", i'm
defining the item with the index, not with the empty string.  Lists
don't have that distinction between data and "bucket".

cheers,
barneyb

On 5/12/05, Roland Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> By that logic, would you say that a collection of ten null references is
> really an empty collection?
> 
> ;)
> 
> Roland


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