John,
Thanks for your comments.
>Besides, arrays *are* multidimensional. For example:
>put 1 into a[1,3,7] # three-dimensional array
>put a[a[1,3,7],a[1,3,7]+2,a[1,3,7]+6] returns 1
Yes I'm aware of this - and it is a useful feature for certain things like graphics.
Really though this is just allowing commas to be used in keys.
put 1 into a[1,3,7]
put 1 into a[test]
put 1 into a[bob,fred,sally]
put the keys of bob -->
1,3,7
test
bob,fred,sally
A true multi-dimensional array would permit arrays within arrays.
I am happy to have the array features 2.4 has, they are incredibly useful. I just
think this is an area of the language which it would be useful to extend further.
Rodney
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