The second command generates an error, just like adding one + 1. But that
brings up an interesting point: Can an indexed array contain associative arrays
and vis versa? Nice little pickle. And how do you tell, or is it important
necessarily to tell?
Bob S
On Aug 20, 2014, at 08:23 , j...@souslelogo.com wrote:
> I was thinking :
> set the indexedarray of myArray to true
> set the indexedarray of myArray to false
>
> but then what happens when you switch that property from true
> to false for the same array within a handler ?
>
> Same question for "{}" notation : what happens when the same
> handler contains these 2 successive lines :
> add 1 to myArray{10}
> add 1 to myArray[10]
>
> Best
> jbv
>
>> How about using {} instead of []?
>>
>> Bob S
>>
>>
>> On Aug 20, 2014, at 07:24 , Richard Gaskin
>> <ambassa...@fourthworld.com<mailto:ambassa...@fourthworld.com>> wrote:
>>
>> So if we were to propose that LiveCode add indexed arrays, the first thing
>> we'll want to do is come up with the syntax for specifying those when
>> those are what we want, ideally allowing all other usage to continue using
>> associative arrays as they have all these years.
>>
>> Suggestions on what that syntax should look like?
>>
>
>
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