On Wednesday, 7 September 2016 at 21:41:20 UTC, data pulverizer
wrote:
Yes, but from a usability point of view this would be very poor
- forcing the user to create a new variable each time they
modified a table. I am aware that databases do this but it is
hidden away.
To be fair, you can still mutate values within the table. In this
approach, it's only appending new columns (or inserting them or
something) that requires a new variable. It shouldn't be an issue
for adding rows, assuming the underlying table is made from
slices. It might be possible to do this without creating a
variable, but I haven't thought about it that carefully.
Moreover, if you're working with slices, then it's a reference
type. This means that the new variable is not a copy of the old.
It shouldn't take up much space.
