I disagree, on the grounds that the frame is a prefix of the shape;
therefore a list; therefore its shape is always a 1-atom list. The
frame can be empty, with shape (,0), but the shape of the frame cannot
be empty.
Henry Rich
Raul wrote:
I think you meant your first sentence to be "It sounds like your
original confusion was between empty arguments (where the frame
contains 0) and a frame with an empty shape (which simply means that
the verb operates on a single cell)."
Empty shape is very different from empty of values.
But our tendencies towards verbal shorthands can mishandle this
"scalar" or "atomic" issue.
Thanks,
-- Raul On Fri, Jan 15, 2016 at 5:20 AM, Henry Rich
<[email protected]> wrote:
It sounds like your original confusion was between empty arguments (where
the frame contains 0) and an empty frame (which simply means that the verb
operates on a single cell).
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