Re: [Dynapi-Dev] deleteFromArray

[Doug M. <do...@cr...>]

Visual Basic is one big example of  "Just because a language supports
something doesn't mean that
 it's a good thing to use."..

hehe

Doug Melvin

----- Original Message -----
From: "Brandon Myers" <bnd...@ho...>
To: <dyn...@li...>
Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:20 PM
Subject: RE: [Dynapi-Dev] deleteFromArray


> I, in practice, when needing a name/value pair array... use objects.
> It's not good practice to use a for-in on an ordinal array.. and very poor
> practice to mix ordinal and associative arrays.. even though the language
> supports it. Just because a language supports something doesn't mean that
> it's a good thing to use.
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: dyn...@li...
> > [mailto:dyn...@li...]On Behalf Of Scott Andrew
> > LePera
> > Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 2:15 PM
> > To: dyn...@li...
> > Subject: Re: [Dynapi-Dev] deleteFromArray
> >
> >
> > > hmm, so a delete array[element]  will leave a gap instead of
> > removing the
> > > element and move all "higher" elements down one step ?
> >
> > Yes, Brandon is correct in this.  That's one of the reasons why
> > removeFromArray was created in the first place.  It keeps ordinal arrays
> > in the correct order when you remove an element.
> >
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