It would be useful to have an enhanced version of the commands which load
data into arrays to include defintion of the arrays of "just the right
size", e.g.
echo %@makefilearray[array,file]
would be equivalent to:
unsetarray array
setarray array[%@lines[file]]
echo %@filearray[array,file]
and similar functionality for @EXECARRAY (which is harder to emulate with
commands).
@EXECARRAY should return the number of array elements it filled in the same
manner as @FILEARRAY does.
There ought to be a conditional expression
ISARRAY array
which would allow simpler testing for existence of arrays then the hard to
understand but available
%@arrayinfo[array] NE -1
BTW, all but ISARRAY could be implemented via plugins.
--
Steve
data into arrays to include defintion of the arrays of "just the right
size", e.g.
echo %@makefilearray[array,file]
would be equivalent to:
unsetarray array
setarray array[%@lines[file]]
echo %@filearray[array,file]
and similar functionality for @EXECARRAY (which is harder to emulate with
commands).
@EXECARRAY should return the number of array elements it filled in the same
manner as @FILEARRAY does.
There ought to be a conditional expression
ISARRAY array
which would allow simpler testing for existence of arrays then the hard to
understand but available
%@arrayinfo[array] NE -1
BTW, all but ISARRAY could be implemented via plugins.
--
Steve
