On 13-Jun-02, Gregg Irwin wrote: > Joel, Carl, et al
> The argument for percent! being useful in VID makes me > think......ouch! :) > Quick thoughts: > 1) VID is a dialect, so adding support for ##% syntax isn't the same > as adding a percent! datatype. Hi Gregg, Short of puting the percent value in a string, how do you write a dialect to get around the following? ... >> [10%] ** Syntax Error: Invalid integer -- 10% ** Near: (line 1) [10%] > I don't have a problem extending > VID's syntax in that way except that... > 2) Adding that ability opens up a whole can of worms related to > pair! values which don't support even decimal components at this > time, only integers. Perhaps because they're saving decimals for percentages and didn't want a whole heap of scripts out there already using them in pairs when it's introduced? ie, so it /won't/ open a can of worms when it's introduced. -- Carl Read -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
