On 19/06/2009, at 4:24 PM, Erick Tryzelaar wrote:

>> There is a language (forget the name, something C like) which
>> specialises in pointer "kinds".
>
>
> I believe you're thinking about D

no, its an academic language specialising in pointer kinds.
Cyclone I believe.

> Yech, that's ugly :) I'm not sure if I completely understand though.
> Are you referring to the difficulty of getting the "x.[i] += v" syntax
> working

Yep. Assignment can't work either:

        x = y;

is deprecated. you must write this:

        &x <- y;

Assignment still works at the moment, but it's a hack.

but we're back to the old problem: what can you
put & in front of?

the answer is: a variable. nothing else.


--
john skaller
skal...@users.sourceforge.net





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