Charles C <"nospam a nospam.com"> wrote:
> Warp wrote:
> > Charles C <"nospam a nospam.com"> wrote:
> >>    I wanted to only have to enter a function in SDL once, so I used a 
> >> string, and figured out the include-file-method as a workaround to 
> >> convert that string to something plot-able.  I asked on the newsgroups 
> >> if there was a better way... wishing.
> > 
> >   I wouldn't say that's the best possible usage for an eval() function...

> I don't understand your meaning.

  That if the only rational use for eval() is so that you can display a
function as a string besides evaluating it, that's not reason enough to
make the parser 10 times more complicated just get an eval() function.

> I think it would be great if 
> strings could be treated almost as if they were include files in memory, 

  All kinds of things would be nice, but a different story is how easy
it is to implement.

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                                                          - Warp

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