Anyone here think it woudl be a good idea if RB supported array and
dictioanry syntax, like this:
Dict["value"] = key
It's done this way in quite a few languages.
C++
JavaScript
Flash
probably some more languages I haven't looked into enough.
I think this:
Dict["value"] = key
looks better than this:
Dict("value") = key
or this:
Dict.Value("value") = key
Also, array accessing should be the same way.
Arr[1] = 10
Arr[2] = 12
Instead of:
Arr(1) = 10
Arr(2) = 12
This way, we can tell apart array access from function calls.
Anyone want to convince me that this is a bad idea? :) It might
actually be a useless addition to the language that only makes things
more confusing. Perhaps we are find with only parenthesis all around.
To be honest I can't think of any situation where both parens and
angle brackets would be valid on the same object. So perhaps we don't
need the angle brackets.
I guess it just makes visual inspection of the code easier. Because
setting a property is a very different thing to calling a function!
Arr[1] = 0, that to me looks like I'm just setting some data. Value =
Obj.MyFunction(4), is totally different. There I expect "real work"
to be done, which could be anything. MyFunction might delete files,
or open socket connections or all sorts of big stuff. Array or
dictionary syntax setting I'd normally expect to do minor quick
simple work in setting data.
Still, having a operator_index function for dictionaries, would be cool.
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