Maybe Colin's gone all 'sensitive' ?
At 11:57 PM -0700 7/24/01, R. Bhakti Klein wrote:
>well, i just didn't read anyone explicating it like that, and maybe it's
>the teacher in me, or maybe i like this list best when it's educational
>or theoretical like that, and not just people writing code for each
>other. i knew *you* knew why you were iterating backwards, but maybe
>there are some lurkers for whom my comment was helpful. no offense intended.
>
>--bhakti
>
>Colin Holgate wrote:
>>
>> >the key is iterating backwards. if you iterate forward 1 char at a time,
>> >and you replace one char, the quote, with a multi char string, the
>> >repeat loop gets mighty confused about where it is. the same thing can
>> >happen when you loop through a list, and change the list in the loop. do
>> >it backwards, and the extra characters are added at a point that's after
>> >the iteration point, so the next iteration of the loop deals with the
>> >correct char.
>> >
>> >-bhakti
>>
>> I'm confused, were you explaining this to someone? I already iterate
>> backwards, for the reasons you said.
>>
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