At 1:05 PM +0100 15/6/1999, keith martin wrote:
>
>Hugh Senior said:
>>Almost correct. I think we agreed optionality...
>>
>> put item 2 [by <del|imiter> "/"]
>
>
>Using 'by' and 'delimiter' still only makes true 'linguistical' sense for
>me when written: 'item 2 [of container 1] delimited by myDel'. Saying 'by
>delimiter myDel' isn't *too* bad, but... <sigh>
>
>Let me start again... What would a complete line of script look like? Which
>is better? How do they abbreviate?
>
> put item 2 by delimiter "/" of field 1
> put item 1 by del "/" of fld 1
> put item 1 del "/" of fld 1
>or
> put item 2 of field 1 delimited by "/"
> put item 2 of fld 1 by del "/"
> put item 2 of fld 1 del "/"
>or even
> put item 2 of field 1 using delimiter "/"
> put item 2 of fld 1 using del "/"
> put item 2 of fld 1 del "/"
>
>Oh, I don't know. This is all getting a little cloudy and 'woods for trees'.
I don't have a strong need for the extra functionality, but my syntax
preference is Hugh's.
In Keith's 3rd set, the <using delimeter> phrase sounds (linguistically) to
be modifying the verb "put". Both the first and second sets sound logical.
But the second set adds a new word, which I think should be avoided where
possible.
Cheers
Dave Cragg
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