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RE: Key stuff for aggregates

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From:
Dan Sugalski
Date:
December 5, 2001 09:57
Subject:
RE: Key stuff for aggregates
Message ID:
5.1.0.14.2.20011205125329.021d52c8@pop.sidhe.org
At 12:18 AM 12/5/2001 -0800, Brent Dax wrote:
>Dan Sugalski:
># 'Kay, here's the preliminary assembly-level docs for keys,
># which is how
># we're going to be accessing entries in aggregates.
>
>I'm probably just inexperienced and idiotic, but what's wrong with
>simple 'get_from_aggregate target, aggregate, key' and maybe
>'get_list_from_aggregate target_list, aggregate, key_list'?

That falls down for aggregates that don't hold PMCs. Packed 
integer/float/string arrays, or 'real' multidimensional arrays where you 
don't fully qualify things.


					Dan

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