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Vector of constants issue posted in FAQ
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To: info-dylan@ai.mit.edu
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Subject: Vector of constants issue posted in FAQ
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From: dauclair@hotmail.com
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Date: Wed, 8 Mar 2000 09:45:02 -0500 (EST)
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Xref: traf.lcs.mit.edu comp.lang.dylan:11609
Jason Trenouth wrote:
>On Tue, 7 Mar 2000 12:30:05 -0500 (EST), "Michael T. Richter"
><mtr@igs.net> wrote:
> >Hugh Greene <q@tardis.ed.ac.uk> wrote in message
> >news:Pine.GSO.3.96.1000307170209.10480C-
100000@tardis.tardis.ed.ac.uk...
> > >Using "#[]" versus "vector()" is a bit of a Dylan gotcha and
> > >should probably be in a FAQ somewhere. Basically, only use "#[]"
if
> > >everything inside is a *literal* (not just a constant); otherwise
use
> > >"vector()".
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> >This should definitely be in a FAQ somewhere. I got tied down for
two days
> >tracking down this simple solution last year.... :-)
>Dylan inherits this gotcha from Lisp:
Hello all, this issue is posted in the FAQ at
http://www.geocities.com/dylan_programmer/FAQ.html
Jason, I put your explanation there, too.
Sincerely,
Douglas M. Auclair
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