Hello,
robin wrote:
> From: Richard E Maine <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Wednesday, 19 October 2005 0:52
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>>And I don't
>>see enough gain to be had from adding a new special syntax for repeat
>>factors in array constructors.
> You have to agree that (0.0, i = 1, 3) is ham-fisted, n'est-ce pas?
>>The functionality is, after all
>>available in more verbose form with implied DO, so the only gain is a
>>bit of shortening.
> It's clarity.
And how is a new meaning of parenthesis adding 'clarity' ?
That is, parentheses have only a few meanings, discernible
from context. How is adding one more, in a similar context,
more clear than an implied do?
Fewer keystrokes? yes. More clear? not at all.
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Cheers!
Dan Nagle
Purple Sage Computing Solutions, Inc.
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