On 10/31/2007 07:42 PM, Bill Page wrote: > On 31 Oct 2007 19:23:44 +0100, Francois Maltey wrote: >> And what do you think about a map as : >> >> map (t +-> [|wholePart t, sin t|], [1.1,2.2,3.3]) >> >> where [|....|]creates a makeprod with right types. >> > > It's ok, but way should we require the dummy variable 't' when we can > operate directly on functions with the higher-order function > 'product'? I think > > t +-> [|wholePart t, sin t|] > > is just a slightly awkward way to write: > > product(wholePart,sin)
Exactly. > Maybe there should be both 'Record' and 'Record!' where as usual the ! > denotes mutability? Oh, as far as I know "!" stands for "be aware that something strange can happen" or "if I use this function, I know what I do". Usually, of course, it is connected to destructive operations and thus to mutability, but I wouldn't say that could be the only purpose. And additionally, the ! is a *convention*, that should not be build-in into the language. I rather live with Cross and Record than with Record and Recort!. Ralf ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ open-axiom-devel mailing list open-axiom-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/open-axiom-devel
