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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Records that could be arrays
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On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 15:23:51 -0600, Randy Brukardt wrote:

> Claw also has types like this:
> 
>     type Point_Type is record
>         X, Y       : Int;
>     end record;
> 
>     type Size_Type is record
>         Width, Height       : Int; -- Width=X_Size, Height=Y_Size.
>     end record;
> 
>     type Rectangle_Type is record
>         Left, Top,  Right, Bottom  : Int;
>     end record;
> 
> That's partly because we're matching the Windows definitions for these
> types, but also because these "feel" like records to me.

I think that the essential question is whether co-ordinates have the same
type. The rest is a question of language deficiency. In this case an
inability to provide an array interface to a record type (to have
enumerated components), or a record interface to an array (to have named
components.)

It looks logical to choose the same type for all co-ordinates. However for
a teletype display they probably should be different. There is a subtler
question whether absolute co-ordinates and distances should of the same
type. Sort of, whether the relativity theory applies to GUI... (:-))

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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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