> On Tue, Aug 29, 2000 at 07:27:15PM -0700, Peter Scott wrote:
> > > $r->{{qw(a b c d e f g h)}}
> > > $r->{a}->{b}->{c}->{d}->{e}->{f}->{g}->{h}
> >
> > $r->{a}{b}{c}{d}{e}{f}{g}{h}
> >
> > which is only one character longer than the proposal...
>
> Except in the case where you don't have the list until run-time.
<snip>
> So the syntax would be useful; I'm not sure how useful, such deeply nested
> hashes requiring run-time key lookup like that are a rarity. The array
> syntax would also be useful in multi-dimensional arrays.
That is if multi-dimensional arrays are implemented as lists-of-lists,
which they might not be.
On language-data a counter-proposal to my RFC169 has been made,
suggesting the use of array/list references for multidimensional
indices. In the simplest case, assuming list-of-list implementation,
$a[[1,2,3]] would be the same under both proposals (unless this
proposal would require $a[[(1,2,3)]], which is too much syntax for my
taste). But the list-ref idea would also allow @a[$point1,$point2] as
a slice of two elements of the matrix @a, each point being a reference
to a 4-element list of integers.
>
>
> Michael
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