In J, a byte array is a literal array whose members are elements of the a. constant.
That said, the semantics of J are about giving us abstractions which hold across some different storage formats. Meanwhile: if you ask different people "what are the essential features of a type" you will get different (and yet vigorously asserted) answers. [This depends on what language(s) they have been working with, the kinds of problems they have been solving, the nature of what they expect from other people, and the primary obstacles they face.] Thanks, -- Raul On Fri, Jan 30, 2015 at 9:28 AM, Jon Hough <[email protected]> wrote: > As I said in an earlier thread, I am attempting to write a MessagePack > implementation in J. > Spec: https://github.com/msgpack/msgpack/blob/master/spec.md#formats-bin > Home: http://msgpack.org/ > > In the spec there must be a way to serialize/deserialize byte arrays. > However, in J what is a byte array? And how would you differentiate it from > an integer array (0 ~ 255)? > I may be absolutely mistaken, but there seems to be a little ambiguity > between these types in J (well there is no byte type). > > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
