Re: Natural "for" Loop, using Plural / Singular transformations ??

On 26 May 2006 12:51:40 -0400, olivier.chatelain@gmail.com wrote:


> What about using Plural => Singular transformations to generate loop
> variables from name of lists?
>
> EXAMPLE:
>
> FOR dependency IN dependencies DO
> PRINT dependency.name
> END
>
> = depenendcies -generates-> dependency =
>
> FORALL dependencies DO
> PRINT dependency.name
> END
>
> The compiler would generate the "singular" loop variable "dependency"
> from the List "dependencies" (Plural).


Hmm, what about


for Arrays do
      for Arrays do
            print Cov (Array.Element, Array.Element)
                  -- Would it print the covariance matrix?
      end
end


The logical error is that the loop variable is not a property of the
iterated container. So you cannot derive its name from the container's name
alone. You could do it from the loop's name. For example:


Outer : for Arrays do
      Inner : for Arrays do
            print Cov (Inner.Item, Outer.Item)
                  -- This works
      end
end


But how is it better than the construct we have started from?


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Regards,
Dmitry A. Kazakov
http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de

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