Re: Comet 32 Arrays

Posted by Robert G Laurin on April 09, 2011 at 12:35:44:

In Reply to: Comet 32 Arrays posted by Jim Guerber on April 09, 2011 at 09:53:59:

Is it too late to issue my humble opinion?

I'm not sure I agree that a Comet32 multi-array format should ignore element zero.

if I recall the syntax, it looks like this: array(1),NumberOf*LengthOf

so...

LENGTH 12.2 & LOCAL MyArray(8), MyTable(2,4)
MyDatafile: FORMAT MyArray(1)8*14; MyTable(1,1)8*14

This works with Comet16 and would work on your proposed Comet32 (where all ZERO subscript)

What if...

I code my program like this: (works for Comet32 only)

LENGTH 12.2 & LOCAL MyArray(8), MyTable(2,4)
MyDatafile: FORMAT MyArray(0)9*14; MyTable(0,0)10*14

Couldn't the compiler/runtime take an educated guess that I'd like to include my ZERO elements - all of them.

Otherwise, you take away a big chunk of this addition that makes Comet more in line with the rest of the civilized world.

And that's what I had to say about that.

Re: Comet 32 Arrays Jim Guerber 15:21:39 04/09/11 (4)
- Re: Comet 32 Arrays Jeff Cinelli 07:59:02 04/11/11 (3)
  - some asides on the lowest index for an array Bob A 05:45:34 04/12/11 (2)
    - Re: some asides on the lowest index for an array Robert G Laurin 07:19:59 04/12/11 (0)
    - Re: some asides on the lowest index for an array Stephen Auerbach 05:53:47 04/12/11 (0)

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