On 07/09/2021 23:01, Martin Koob via use-livecode wrote:
Hi all.
There has been lots of discussion on the list and forums about the one part of
Kevin’s announcement regarding the changes in licensing but nothing that I see
on the other major part of the announcement — the new features coming in
LiveCode 10.
Good idea for discussion - but we may be shooting in the dark, until
either the DP or another sneak peek.
New Syntax in 10
Array Literals
Not sure I fully understand this one yet.
put { "a": "b", "c":"d" } into tVar
seems clear - and is explained with an equivalent in existing code.
But
put [1, 2, 3 ] into tVar2
isn't clear to me. If it was in Python it would be a list - but LC
doesn't have 'lists'.
Is it equivalent to
put true into tVar2[1]
put true into tVar2[2]
put true into tVar2[3] ??
Or if not, then what is it equivalent to ?
But generally, I like the idea. Though it does just make me want to ask
for more :-)
Why just constants ?
Why can't I say
put { myvar: "first", anothervar: tWhatever } into tVar2 ?
Constant Expressions
About time. I trust you can actually do
constant Kmin=100, kMax=200, kMid=(kmin+kmax)/2
Static Switch Optimization
Yes - good thing.I have a bunch of code (which I might not want to show
in public), where this will make a significant difference. I was worried
by the statement that "... recognises cases where all the cases are
constant", but realised that you can always cover the other cases by
putting them into a separate switch/if-then-else in the 'default' case.
Constant folding
I confess I assumed that was already there :-)
But I was disappointed to not see my two biggest 'constant' wishes
1. multi-line constants e.g. amongst other ways, Python's
put """line 1
line 2
line 3""" into tVar
2. global constants. Most compiled languages will allow an 'include'
file which can specify constants, which you can then rely on to be
defined properly (and the same) everywhere. So that's probably too much
at odds with LC's model - but could be handled by 'protect' global
variables (or, I'm sure, another 10 ways that Mark W. could think of).
Tail Expressions
I just don't understand this one, so no comment.
Anyway I am excited to see the first DP which is promised in the next couple of
weeks. My wife and I have an ongoing disagreement about the term 'couple of’
in terms of counting. I say it means around 2 or 3ish. She says it means 2.
Further she says if you wanted to say 3 or 4 you would say ‘a few’. So in this
case I am hoping she is right and I am wrong and we do get the new DP in a
couple of weeks and not a few weeks. :-)
That sounds like a 'couple' discussion I wouldn't want to get in the
middle of. Even worse than whether a sign on the freeway/motorway saying
"xyz next exit" means the immediately coming exit (i.e. 'this exit' or
'next exit'), or the following one. Caused me no end of trouble when I
first moved to the US :-)
Alex.
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