From: culliton@srg.af.mil (Tom Culliton x2278)
To: malte@techfak.uni-bielefeld.de, rc@hawkwind.utcs.toronto.edu
Subject: Re: list operators
Date: Wed, 15 Sep 1993 15:38:27 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9309151538.aa26471@ceres.srg.af.mil> (raw)
I'm not much worried about these proposals because I just can't imagine
Byron incorporating them into the mainstream rc, but also just couldn't
resist making some comment on the second one.
> and dropping one element from a list:
>
> * = ( 1 2 3 4 )
> ; echo $*(-3)
> 3
> ; echo $*
> 1 2 4
>
> Malte
The proposed syntax is a REALLY BAD IDEA. Now something like:
; x = ( 1 2 3 4 5 )
; y = $x(-3) # all members except 3
; echo $x
1 2 3 4 5
; echo $y
1 2 4 5
might be reasonable, but having a reference to the list modify it (without
assignment) is really disgustingly bad taste.
Tom
next reply other threads:[~1993-09-15 19:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 11+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1993-09-15 19:38 Tom Culliton x2278 [this message]
1993-09-15 20:08 ` Charles Hannum
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1993-09-17 17:32 Stefan Dalibor
1993-09-16 10:11 malte
1993-09-15 21:04 Tom Culliton x2278
1993-09-15 20:47 Brynjulv Hauksson
1993-09-15 19:01 rsalz
1993-09-15 18:29 Byron Rakitzis
1993-09-15 18:28 malte
1993-09-15 18:07 rsalz
1993-09-15 17:55 malte
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