And if we can just add a way to show the ranks of the different empty arrays...
Seriously, I think it would be great to distinguish rank by color. My classes always find the ambiguity confusing. Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sherlock, Ric > Sent: Friday, September 26, 2008 7:49 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: RE: [Jprogramming] Difference between 5^100x and x: 5^100 > > --- Dan Bron wrote: > > Of course, there could be a happy middle ground. Perhaps > we could make certain > > displays, like extended integers, less ambiguous, while > leaving others, like > > text-vs-numbers, the way they are now. > > > > Or we could leave the J engine untouched and just customize > the front ends, > > e.g. to display extended integers with a different background color. > > I like the idea of using colour to provide further > information on item properties. > Would it be possible to extend the values possible in > Edit|Configure|Color|Items to include things like "extended > integer", "rank 0 array", "rank 1 array"? > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
