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From: Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de>
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Subject: Re: Who said strong typing is a benefit?
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Michael Bode <m.g.bode@web.de> writes:

> So if I have a vector 
>
> [ 1 ] 
> [ 2 ]
> [ 3 ]
> [ 4 ] 
>
> which would be element 
>
> [ 0.3   1    ]
> [ pi  sqrt(2)] 
>
> of this vector?

Values are truncated to obtain integer indices, and an entry n in the
matrix is replaced with the nth component of the vector. Your example
gives an error (zero index).

Nice error message, BTW:

??? Capitalized internal function PI; Caps Lock may be on.