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Date:
May 31, 2005 19:10
Subject:
re: Keys
Message ID:
20050601021042.22209.qmail@web32914.mail.mud.yahoo.com
> The 'used as' type indicates whether this key
> is to be used to do a  by-integer-index (array)
> access or by-string-index (hash) access.

Why not extend this to properties, too?

foo['hello'] becomes

      'hello'
      string
      as-offset

foo{'hello'} becomes

      'hello'
      string
      as-hash

foo.hello becomes

      'hello'
      string
      as-property


	
		
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