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From: Wilhelm Spickermann <zulo.20.unbenutzbar@spamgourmet.com>
Subject: Re: Records that could be arrays
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2006 07:32:25 +0100
Date: 2006-02-23T07:32:25+01:00	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <dtjktp$1avk$1@ulysses.news.tiscali.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: WBaLf.18619$HU.13588@trnddc04

Hi,

Justin Gombos wrote:

> I have set a rule for myself: Composite types composed solely
> of one type of element should be declared as arrays rather than
> records.
...
> Thoughts?

I think it depends on the meaning of "type". The three floating
point numbers in a polar coordinate system are of three
different _kinds_ and should be put into a record and not into
an array -- even if they have the same _type_.

Wilhelm




  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-02-23  6:32 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-02-23  4:11 Records that could be arrays Justin Gombos
2006-02-23  4:51 ` tmoran
2006-02-23 13:19   ` Justin Gombos
2006-02-24 10:19     ` Stephen Leake
2006-02-23  6:32 ` Wilhelm Spickermann [this message]
2006-02-23 13:08   ` Stephen Leake
2006-02-23 13:20   ` Justin Gombos
2006-02-23 14:29     ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2006-02-24 10:31       ` Stephen Leake
2006-02-26 22:34         ` Wilhelm Spickermann
2006-02-23  8:21 ` john Doef
2006-02-23  9:22 ` Jean-Pierre Rosen
2006-02-23 13:11   ` Stephen Leake
2006-02-23 13:37   ` Justin Gombos
2006-02-23 13:06 ` Stephen Leake
2006-02-23 20:23   ` Simon Wright
2006-02-24 21:23   ` Randy Brukardt
2006-02-25 11:39     ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-02-26  3:24       ` Steve Whalen
2006-02-26  9:51         ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-02-27  2:26           ` Steve Whalen
2006-02-27  9:33             ` Dmitry A. Kazakov
2006-03-01 22:44             ` Robert A Duff
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