From: "Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@callnetuk.com>
Subject: Re: Maybe not exactly a variant record.
Date: 1999/04/23
Date: 1999-04-23T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <371fc4f4@eeyore.callnetuk.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 7fo4ga$8pf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com
dennison@telepath.com wrote in message <7fo4ga$8pf$1@nnrp1.dejanews.com>...
[...]
|Yes, it is called a variant record, with "length" as the variant. Also the
|available record fields *do* change, after a fashion. Incrementing
foo.length
|gives you an extra value in foo.text
No, it's not a variant record; it's a 'discriminated' record, with 'length'
as the discriminant. A variant record is one with a 'case ...' construct
within it.
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Thread overview: 17+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-04-20 0:00 Can I have an array of variant records? Josh Highley
1999-04-20 0:00 ` bglbv
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-21 0:00 ` bglbv
1999-04-22 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Pawel Kobylarz
1999-04-21 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Josh Highley
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Pawel Kobylarz
1999-04-21 0:00 ` David C. Hoos, Sr.
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-21 0:00 ` czgrr
1999-04-21 0:00 ` Robert Dewar
1999-04-22 0:00 ` Maybe not exactly a variant record Josh Highley
1999-04-22 0:00 ` dennison
1999-04-23 0:00 ` Nick Roberts [this message]
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