Graham Klyne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> At 18:18 22/04/04 -0400, Mark Carroll wrote:
>
>> I have data objects where each component is a labelled
>> field through which I access or modify it.
>
> Wading into the labelled field debate...
>
> I have found that using the labelled field update syntax
> can lead to difficulties in changing the underlying
> implementation of a type.
Yeah, interesting this topic came up exactly when I got mad
with record updates. I'd like to fill in a record from a
file which contains labels and values. I'd like to give the
gist of this operation as a list of pairs:
[("label1", label1), ("label2", label2), ...]
and abstract away the operation of updating the field. I
couldn't find a way. Basically, I couldn't write an update
function parametrized by the field name. Is it possible at
all?
--
Feri.
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