"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> Nathan Wiger wrote:
>
> > Well, this is not bad, only it's not without its problems. Say you
> > wanted to get your indices implicitly:
> >
> > @a[getindices()];
> > @a[$r->get_x, $r->get_y];
>
> @a["@{\(getindices())}"];
> @a[join $",$r->ge
Nathan Wiger wrote:
> I don't think array indices
> are something that we should have to go to such lengths to get. I'd
> rather have a somewhat-confusing ; or , based syntax than the above. If
> anything that's *more* confusing and harder to read.
>
> -Nate
you're right. What if they both wo
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> Nathan Wiger wrote:
>
> > Well, this is not bad, only it's not without its problems. Say you
> > wanted to get your indices implicitly:
> >
> > @a[getindices()];
> > @a[$r->get_x, $r->get_y];
>
> @a["@{\(getindices())}"];
> @a[join $",$r->ge
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> @a["@{\(getindices())}"];
> @a[join $",$r->get_x, $r->get_y];
My point exactly by these statements:
> > Either of these could return an arrayref, but forcing quotes around them
> > means you'll need inbetweener variables or the @{} construct, neither
Nathan Wiger wrote:
> Well, this is not bad, only it's not without its problems. Say you
> wanted to get your indices implicitly:
>
> @a[getindices()];
> @a[$r->get_x, $r->get_y];
@a["@{\(getindices())}"];
@a[join $",$r->get_x, $r->get_y];
> Either of these could ret
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> > One problem that immediately jumps out at me is how to do this:
> >
> >@a[[@x], [@y]];
>
> I think I dealt with that in the next paragraph, suggesting
>
> @a["@x","@y"]
Well, this is not bad, only it's not without its problems. Say you
wanted to get you
Nathan Wiger wrote:
>
> "David L. Nicol" wrote:
> >
> > @a["$i $j $k","$a $y $z"] # two points in DN n-dim syntax
>
> One problem that immediately jumps out at me is how to do this:
>
>@a[[@x], [@y]];
>
> That is, dynamically get your indices. The above seems ok when you know
"David L. Nicol" wrote:
>
> @a["$i $j $k","$a $y $z"] # two points in DN n-dim syntax
One problem that immediately jumps out at me is how to do this:
@a[[@x], [@y]];
That is, dynamically get your indices. The above seems ok when you know
them in advance (at least what variables
