#(1 3 4 5 7 -2) asVector Meh. Ugly. { 1. 3. 4. a. b } asVector is the natural consequence. v := (1,3,4,5,7,-2) asVector keeps the parens. But why do I need to do that? Autoformatting messing with my parentheses is just a mistake. I put them in, leave them where they are, 'kay? I do not need an editor that rewrites what I tell it. AST power or not. And frankly, I like the "Feenk way of doing things" most of the time, so I am willing to go that route. Phil On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 8:52 AM, Peter Uhnák <i.uhnak@gmail.com> wrote:
Automatic formatting will turn it into
vector := 1,3,4,5,7,-2.
Which is not as nice.
And even though it looks ok for literal numbers (#(1 3 4 5 7 -2) asVector
would work too), this starts to look quite generic:
vector := width, height, depth.
Question: why not extend @ notation?
x @ y @ z?
Peter
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 8:22 AM, phil@highoctane.be <phil@highoctane.be>
wrote:
I also like the , message for those vectors and the concatenation of
dimensions makes sense.
vector := (1,3,4,5,7,-2).
looks how it should be.
Readable, easy to translate vector stuff from reference text.
Phil
On Thu, Oct 26, 2017 at 7:00 AM, Nicolai Hess <nicolaihess@gmail.com>
wrote:
Am 25.10.2017 10:50 PM schrieb "Torsten Bergmann" <astares@gmx.de>:
Hi,
there might be reasons for an own 2D vector class (instead of using
Point).
But still I dislike the reimplementation of "," because for me so far it has the meaning of "concatenating things".
Like concatenating coordinates :-)
Here you redefine it to create vector instances and it works only up to three so far. Right?
I understand that this gives some similarities with the math notation (1,2) but I personally would prefer to use:
1@2 asVector
or Vector2D x: 1 y: 2
Thx T.
Gesendet: Mittwoch, 25. Oktober 2017 um 20:06 Uhr Von: "Tudor Girba" <tudor@tudorgirba.com> An: "Pharo Development List" <pharo-dev@lists.pharo.org> Betreff: [Pharo-dev] , for vector creation
Hi,
As mentioned in the separate thread, we played with introducing the extension:
, aNumber ^ BlVector2D x: self y: aNumber
This means that (10,20) will return a 2D vector.
We also have (10,20,30) which returns a 3D vector.
, is used for different meanings already in the image beside the collection concatenation. For example, in FileReference is adds a file extension. And Exceptions create a collection. In other packages, PetitParser uses it as a sequence operator.
Please voice your concerns.
Cheers, Doru
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