Re: aset/aref for char-tables, range-tables etc.
Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
>>>>>"Ben" == Ben Wing <ben(a)666.com>
writes:
>>>>>
>>>>>
Ben> i originally decided that it was a bad idea to allow
Ben> aset/aref to operate over char-tables and range-tables, like
Ben> FSF does. but now i'm not so sure.
I have no opinion, except that the analogy to Python is weak precisely
because we don't have slicing. I don't necessarily thing that's a
serious fault.
but setting a range on a char-table and range-table *is* somewhat like
slicing. [not exactly, since slicing slices in whole arrays, whereas we
slice in a foo * slice-size, in python lingo.]
ben