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From: Jacob Sparre Andersen <sparre@nbi.dk>
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Subject: Re: Programmer defined arrays
Date: Mon, 06 Aug 2012 19:26:25 +0200
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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

In practice functions of _discrete_ arguments may be seen as _constant_
arrays.  You can not assign a value to a function, and arrays can only
be declared with discrete indexes.

> In this light, why should we be given means to express how arrays
> should be translated into instructions?

What means do we have to express how arrays should be translated into
instructions?

Greetings,

Jacob
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