Re: Records that could be arrays

On 2006-02-23, Jean-Pierre Rosen <rosen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I beg to disagree here. Arrays are for *iterative* structures, if
you don't have a for loop over an array, it should be a record.

In most cases you don't know at the time you code the type whether
you'll use a loop; and records offer no advantages either way. While
limitations can be quite useful when they apply to visibility or
access, I see no advantage to limiting the expressive power that
arrays have.

The fact that all components are of the same type may be an accident
that changes during program evolution.

Good point.

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