Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Thu, 13 Feb 2003 16:03:41 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: >Erik Steven Harrison wrote: > >> >>-- >> >>On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 >> Erik Steven Harrison wrote: >> >> >>>-- >>> >>>On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 >>>Joseph F. Ryan wrote: >>> >>> As near as I can tell, the only problem

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A I is a piece of data. A I is a variable that holds a literal. A I is a se

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-13 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
Erik Steven Harrison wrote: -- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A I is a piece of data. A I is a variable that holds a literal. A I is a sequence of literals and scalars. An I is a variable that holds a list

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 17:14:17 Erik Steven Harrison wrote: > >-- > >On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 > Joseph F. Ryan wrote: >>As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: >> >> A I is a piece of data. >> A I is a variable that holds a literal. >> >> A I is a sequence of lit

Re: Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Erik Steven Harrison
-- On Wed, 12 Feb 2003 18:29:29 Joseph F. Ryan wrote: >As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: > > A I is a piece of data. > A I is a variable that holds a literal. > > A I is a sequence of literals and scalars. > An I is a variable that holds a list. > >is the "Rvalue-

Arrays vs lists; A possible solution?

2003-02-12 Thread Joseph F. Ryan
As near as I can tell, the only problem with the nice flow of: A I is a piece of data. A I is a variable that holds a literal. A I is a sequence of literals and scalars. An I is a variable that holds a list. is the "Rvalue-assign list", which takes the form of: ($r1, $r2, $r3) = (1, 2, 3); Wel