[Nice-commit] Nice NEWS,1.43,1.44

[Bryn K. <xo...@us...>]

Update of /cvsroot/nice/Nice
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	NEWS 
Log Message:
Added new [] overloads for lists - slicing, relative-to-end indexing, filters, etc.

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RCS file: /cvsroot/nice/Nice/NEWS,v
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*** NEWS	12 Aug 2004 23:43:21 -0000	1.43
--- NEWS	13 Aug 2004 06:24:38 -0000	1.44
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*** 23,26 ****
--- 23,45 ----
    * Improved speed of coverage tests for some methods.
    * Removed the '--strict' compiler option.
+   * Lists now support a wide array of slicing and indexing
+     operations. There is a new bit of syntax, '@', which indicates
+     the index of the last item in a list, which can be used for working
+     with indexes relative to the end of the list, instead of the beginning.
+     
+     For instance, given a list of ints from 0 to 6 called 
+     'intList':
+ 	intList[@] is 6,
+ 	intList[@-1] is 5,
+ 	intList[1..2] is the list [1,2].
+ 	intList[1..@-1] is a list of all but the first and last
+ 		elements of ints, i.e., [1,2,3,4,5]
+ 	intList[1..] is a list of all but the first element of intList
+ 	intList[..] is a complete copy of intList
+ 	intList[..@-1] is a list of all but the last element of intList
+ 	intList[int i => i % 2 == 0] is a list of all the even ints
+ 		in intList: [0,2,4,6]
+ 	Several more options are available, an update to the manual will
+ 	reflect this.
  
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