Re: TUPLE

On 2/1/2007 23:04 PM, toto wrote:
> ECMA allows to declare 
> 
>         x: TUPLE[count, balance: INTEGER; name, forname: STRING]
> 
> My question is: "how usefull is it?".
> 
> regards
> 
When using TUPLE, it is useful to access its items by name.
This avoid messing up with indexes and make code maintenance easier.

It is also better to do (nicer and more efficient)
to do
	local
		my_name: STRING
		my_count: INTEGER
	do
		my_name := x.name
		my_count := x.count
		...

Instead of
	local
		my_name: STRING
		my_count: INTEGER
	do
		my_name ?= x.item (3)
		my_count := x.integer_item (1)
		...

That's my feeling on this

-- Jocelyn.