From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
Subject: Re: Programmer defined arrays
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:55:55 +0200
Date: 2012-08-06T16:55:55+02:00 [thread overview]
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On Mon, 06 Aug 2012 16:28:59 +0200, Georg Bauhaus wrote:
> IIUC, an array can be seen as a mapping
>
> (Index_Type[1], ..., Index_Type[n]) -> Component_Type
>
> where n is finite.
> Similarly, a function can be seen as a mapping (*)
>
> (Param_Type[1], ..., Param_Type[m]) -> Return_Type
It is a too simplified view. Array is an interface of which the mapping is
only one of many operations.
> In this light, why should we be given means to express how arrays
> should be translated into instructions?
We have these means:
overriding function ...
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Dmitry A. Kazakov
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2012-08-06 14:28 Programmer defined arrays Georg Bauhaus
2012-08-06 14:55 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov [this message]
2012-08-06 17:26 ` Jacob Sparre Andersen
2012-08-06 19:05 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-08-06 19:54 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2012-08-06 21:03 ` Georg Bauhaus
2012-08-06 21:52 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
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