As a fairly-recent beginner, my 2 cents. I've learned to find dictionaries amazingly useful. As a number of people have pointed out, having a function return a dictionary eliminates many of the problems.
But dictionaries have their own problems. It took me a long time to begin using dictionaries because the syntax is awkward. I haven't thought thru alternatives, or why the syntax is the way it is, but it is awkward. Most programming syntax is verbal; I generally sub- vocalize as I type a line of code and the syntax makes rough sense. But I haven't gotten to this stage with dictionaries. I still look to examples and cut-and-paste. Dictionaries seem almost to be a solution. But, for the beginner, their problem is their syntax. So, to expand the question somewhat, is there a way that dictionaries could have more compact and human-readable syntax? John Kubie _______________________________________________ Unsubscribe or switch delivery mode: <http://www.realsoftware.com/support/listmanager/> Search the archives: <http://support.realsoftware.com/listarchives/lists.html>
