Variable argument list implementation

[Xavier Oswald]

On 14:42 Wed 19 Aug     , Nicolas Boulay wrote:
> Does it means that Lisaac will understand a kind of basic "container"
> for argument ?
> 
> This could be a nice feature.

Well, this mean that you can declare a unknow number of value typed
INTEGER...
REAL...
etc, even
FAST_ARRAY(INTEGER)...

So some kind of basic "container" for arguments since you can declare OBJECT...
;)

> 2009/8/19 Xavier Oswald <xoswald at gmail.com>:
> > Hi there,
> >
> > We have worked with Benoit 10 hours yesterday to find the best way to have the
> > variable argument list feature in Lisaac.
> >
> > So here is some example of code on how to use it.
> >
> >
> > - a:{INTEGER...} := {1,2,3,4,5};
> >
> >
> > - toto a:{INTEGER...} :{INTEGER...} <-
> >  ( + r:{INTEGER...};
> >    + z:INTEGER;
> >
> >    a.foreach { val:INTEGER;
> >        z := z + val;
> >    };
> >
> >    r := {1,2,3+1,z};
> >
> >    r
> >  );
> >
> >
> > That some simple examples of using it.
> > So "..." is the way to express unknown number of values using blocks.
> >
> > The foreach function will be part of the compiler for parsing the value list.
> >
> > There will be more complex usage that I will explain in the reference manual
> > but here you have the basics.
> >
> >
> > Greetins,
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