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

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 Smylers
Luke Palmer wrote: > The real question is, if they don't auto-vector, what I 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 outcom