From: Peter Hermann <ica2ph@iris16.csv.ica.uni-stuttgart.de>
Subject: Re: Why not using [] instead of () for array?
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 10:14:27 +0000 (UTC)
Date: 2002-02-25T10:14:27+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <a5d2q3$cqr$1@news.uni-stuttgart.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: vA1bIqExvWDT@eisner.encompasserve.org
Larry Kilgallen <Kilgallen@SpamCop.net> wrote:
> My understanding is that function parameters and array indices are
> intentionally encoded with the same bracketing types to allow one
> to be substituted for another in a subsequent version of a program.
> A function might be more efficient for a very sparse array, even
> though the logical construct is an array.
This is an extremely welcome property, indeed.
Ada again proves to tend to the practical side.
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Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-02-25 1:19 Why not using [] instead of () for array? Adrian Hoe
2002-02-25 1:48 ` Larry Kilgallen
2002-02-25 3:14 ` Darren New
2002-02-25 10:14 ` Peter Hermann [this message]
2002-02-25 3:23 ` Dale Stanbrough
2002-02-25 5:28 ` David Starner
2002-02-25 14:39 ` Robert Dewar
2002-02-26 7:56 ` Mats Karlssohn
2002-02-27 4:52 ` Robert Dewar
2002-02-27 16:44 ` Darren New
2002-02-27 14:29 ` David Starner
2002-02-27 0:50 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-02-27 17:37 ` Jeffrey Carter
2002-02-25 18:46 ` Toshitaka Kumano
2002-02-27 4:54 ` Robert Dewar
2002-02-27 8:48 ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2002-02-28 5:29 ` Adrian Hoe
2002-02-28 21:39 ` Florian Weimer
2002-02-27 1:09 ` Adrian Hoe
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2002-02-28 6:37 Christoph Grein
2002-02-28 22:56 ` Jeffrey Carter
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