Re: Arrays, lists, referencing

2003-02-15 Thread Smylers
Luke Palmer wrote: The real question is, if they don't auto-vector, what Idoes this do: @a = (4, 1, 2) + 7; @a could be (9) or (10), maybe even (\(4,1,2)+7), but hopefully not. What about making that a fatal error? If it doesn't do anything sensible -- and if all the suggested

Re: Arrays, lists, referencing

2003-02-15 Thread Smylers
I just wrote: ... I'm strongly in us limiting new features to those that come about Um, try I'm strongly in favour of limiting etc. through a desire for particular functionality rather than a desire to use up some 'spare' syntax ... Sorry about that. Smylers

Re: Arrays, lists, referencing

2003-02-15 Thread David Storrs
On Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 10:10:09PM -0700, Luke Palmer wrote: Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 12:38:59 -0800 From: David Storrs [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some random musings, for what they're worth... 1) The fact that we've had this long thread about arrays and shows that they are confusing. How