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Subject: Re: Using a string as a binary operator
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On Oct 15, 4:22=A0pm, Adam Beneschan <a...@irvine.com> wrote:

> =A0 =A0 Available_Operators : constant Operator_Desc_Array :=3D
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 ((new string' ("+"), Plus'access),
> =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0 =A0(new string' ("-"), Minus'access), .......);
>
> Then you can search the array for an element whose Name.all matches
> the operator string, and then call the Operation function of the
> element.

Or you could use the Containers library - looks like a Map from string
to access-to-function