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Re: Negative array indices [message #73906 is a reply to message #73811]

Thu, 02 December 2010 16:35

b_gom
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Registered: April 2003

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On Dec 2, 3:50 pm, David Fanning <n...@dfanning.com> wrote:
> It's always a bad sign when you are stumbling around trying
> to figure out how to use a feature you never realized you
> needed before. Or are you trying to write a book, too?

No, that market has already been cornered.

It was more a case of: 'Ah, this might be a situation where those new
negative indices I read about might simplify things', followed quickly
by the realisation that I didn't really understand what they were good
for.

In general, it would be helpful if the IDL documentation went a bit
further than just describing the syntax and calling sequence for the
operators, commands and routines, and added a paragraph or two for
each saying "And here's what it is\isn't good for:"

Another example is the new list and hash objects. The documentation
does a good job describing what their methods do, but doesn't really
explain what they are better for than arrays and structures, and what
performance trade-offs to be aware of. I guess that is where your new
book comes in..

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		Negative array indices By: b_gom on Thu, 02 December 2010 13:54
		Re: Negative array indices By: penteado on Thu, 02 December 2010 17:40
		Re: Negative array indices By: penteado on Thu, 02 December 2010 17:28
		Re: Negative array indices By: b_gom on Thu, 02 December 2010 16:35
		Re: Negative array indices By: David Fanning on Thu, 02 December 2010 14:50

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