In article <slr### [at] fwicom>, ron### [at] povrayorg 
wrote:

> Yes, but then it couldn't be used for the sort of iden() tricks this whole
> thing started with, nor for the sparse or dynamic arrays others have asked
> for.

Like I said: "it would be a little more limited". Probably not worth it.
However, it should do a pretty good imitation of sparse/dynamic arrays 
if used in combination with a iden() function/macro, and be fairly 
simple to implement.


> I prefer the [] notation to the () notation,

So do I, now that I have thought about it more.


> but I wish there were a third alternative besides {}, because either 
> [] or () is going to require the person reading the code to find the 
> declaration to know what's going on.

Will it? There isn't a lot of difference between a key and an index, at 
least not to most people...it will be pretty well understood that 
Array[Var] will retrieve element Var of array Array, whether Array is an 
associative array or an ordinary array and whether Var is a scalar, 
string, vector...
If someone uses Array["ParticleSpeed"], it is pretty obvious it is an 
associative array, if they use Array[5] there is an ambiguity, but it 
usually won't matter.

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Christopher James Huff
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