On Thu, 16 Apr 2009 13:47:04 -0300
Bruno Deferrari <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On the one hand, "abc" seems to be interpreted as an association
> > with three keys: "abc" keys -> { 0 0 0 }
> > On the other hand, requesting a value for one such key yields
> > something obviously not contained in the association.
>
> 1. Strings and Integers are Sequences (Integers are sequences from 0
> to n-1 and empty for 0)
> 2. Sequences are instances of assoc (to make alists work I guess)
> 3. "abc" is being treated as an alist (alist exampe: { { "key1"
> "value1" } { "key2" "value2" } } )
> 4. being 'CHAR: a' one of the elements of the sequence, and being a
> character an integer, and being integers sequences too, then CHAR: a
> is like { 0 1 2 3 .. 96 } ('CHAR: a' is 97)
> 5. On an alist, the key is the first element of the inner sequence (0
> here, or "key1" on the alist example)
> 6. On an alist, the value is the second element of the inner sequence
> (for 'CHAR: a' or any integer greater than 1 it is 1), thats why you
> are getting 1
>
How wonderfully bizarre!
s.
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