Visual Basic is one big example of "Just because a language supports
something doesn't mean that
it's a good thing to use."..
hehe
Doug Melvin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Myers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] deleteFromArray
> I, in practice, when needing a name/value pair array... use objects.
> It's not good practice to use a for-in on an ordinal array.. and very poor
> practice to mix ordinal and associative arrays.. even though the language
> supports it. Just because a language supports something doesn't mean that
> it's a good thing to use.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scott Andrew
> > LePera
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:15 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] deleteFromArray
> >
> >
> > > hmm, so a delete array[element] will leave a gap instead of
> > removing the
> > > element and move all "higher" elements down one step ?
> >
> > Yes, Brandon is correct in this. That's one of the reasons why
> > removeFromArray was created in the first place. It keeps ordinal arrays
> > in the correct order when you remove an element.
> >
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