Couldn't you just extend the dictionary class to handle this using a
pair of complementary Operator_Assigns functions??
Granted, you loose the loveliness that is auto-complete, and you
sacrifice strongly typed keys, but still, it would give you...
d.fred = 5
d.harry = 10
d.herman = 7.5
integer = d.fred
Function Operator_Assigns(keyname as string, assigns v as variant)
me.value(keyname) = v
End
Function Operator_Assigns(keyname as string) as variant
if me.haskey(keyname) then
return me.value(keyname)
else
return nil
end
End
- Tom
On 26/03/2007, at 2:08 AM, Kem Tekinay wrote:
> On 3/25/07 11:45 AM, Theodore H. Smith at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> But one idea for a language addition, would be to allow for function
>> call type syntax.
>>
>> dim d as new dictionary
>>
>> d("fred") = 5
>> d("harry") = 10
>> d("herman") = 7.5
>
> Hey, I like this idea. So much, in fact, that I went to file a feature
> request, but it turns out that there is one already, and it's even
> more
> extensive:
>
> <http://tinyurl.com/26kcee>
>
> (That's report bxulszrk.)
>
> And it turns out to have been filed by you, Theo, almost two years
> ago. :-)
>
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