List container straw man (NJR V4)

["Nick Roberts" <nickroberts@adaos.worldonline.co.uk>]

Text of message from me to Ted Dennison today:

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After much revision, I think I'm getting nearer the 'sweet spot' you wanted
to hit: I've removed all trace of iteration from the base package (it'll be
in a child package), so you get your one-instantion-does-it; I've got rid of
the index-based operations, and put an 'offset' parameter in the
cursor-based ones (with a default of 0, so it can be ignored), which, with
the ability to specify an absolute base or a cursor base, obsoletes the
index-based operations (and adds cursor-based addressing); I've added
multiple cursors.

I've yet to finish the iterator packages and documentation; it may be the
weekend before these re done, but I think you'll like the results. In the
meantime, please the base and list packages (version 4). Post these on the
web site if you wish.

Thanks for your patience!

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Please wait for the documentation before posting questions on this proposal.

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Best wishes,
Nick Roberts