how different from
{ 'ac'->23 . 2->'casd' }
Stef
On Jul 22, 2010, at 2:09 PM, Sudhakar Krishnamachari wrote:
> Would this be of interest in general... I have always wanted a more capable
> literal array than what we have now..
>
> #( 123 23 'das' )
> whynot:
> #( 'ac'->23 2->'casd' myVar1) ... evaluates to a collection..
>
> so I just tried this out with a BlockClosure:
>
> asArray
>
> | stmts anArray |
>
> stmts := self decompile statements.
> anArray := Array new: stmts size.
> stmts doWithIndex: [ :eaNode :indx| | start end value|
> start := (eaNode asString indexOf: ${)+1.
> end := (eaNode asString lastIndexOf: $})-1.
> value := Compiler evaluate: (eaNode asString copyFrom: start to: end)
> for: self receiver logged: false.
> anArray at: indx put: value].
> ^anArray
>
> So we could do:
> ['abc'->123. 'def'->456. 'efg'->789. 'hij'->123. 'klm'->456.] asArray.
> [self checkThisUsingKeywordMethod: 'abc' with:'efg'. localVar1. instanceVar1
> ] asArray
>
>
> to yield arrays.. not neat, I would much rather prefer the literals do their
> job their way...
> but works.. for the narrow set I have tried so far..
>
> Any comments..
> -Skrish
>
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