Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral is a piece of data. A Iscalar is a variable that holds a literal. A Ilist is a sequence of literals and scalars. An Iarray is a

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral is a piece of data. A Iscalar is a variable that holds a

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:03:41 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral

Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral is a piece of data. A Iscalar is a variable that holds a literal. A Ilist is a sequence of literals and scalars. An Iarray is a variable that holds a list. is the Rvalue-assign list, which takes the form of: ($r1, $r2,

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral is a piece of data. A Iscalar is a variable that holds a literal. A Ilist is a sequence of literals and scalars. An Iarray is a variable that holds a list.

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A Iliteral is a piece of data. A Iscalar is a variable that holds a literal. A Ilist is a sequence of