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From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" <mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de>
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Subject: Re: Programmer defined arrays
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 16:55:55 +0200
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Date: 2012-08-06T16:55:55+02:00
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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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