From: dewar@cs.nyu.edu (Robert Dewar)
Subject: Re: String to Variable Name Mapping
Date: 1996/04/13
Date: 1996-04-13T00:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <dewar.829399465@schonberg> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 4kjico$emb@newssvr.cacd.rockwell.com
Britt asks
"For example, if I have the following declarations,
Int_Var : Integer;
Str_Var : String (1..32) := "Int_Var";
can I somehow use the contents of Str_Var to make an assignment to
Int_Var?"
No, and if you think about it a bit (visibility issues, safety issues,
runtime efficiency issues -- any one would be sufficient), such a feature
is out of the question in Ada. Some very dynamic languages like SNOBOL-4
and LISP have this feature.
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1996-04-11 0:00 String to Variable Name Mapping F. Britt Snodgrass
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Robert Dewar [this message]
1996-04-13 0:00 ` Laurent Guerby
1996-04-19 0:00 ` Todd Coniam
1996-04-25 0:00 ` Felaco
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