Re: DDS Support

[Douglas Handy <dhandy1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Don,

>functions...Hmmm..could always write a function to return a multi-d cell
>content...but nothing like eval x=matx(x,y,z) ** 2 +....

Actually, using a function is exactly how I handle multi-function
arrays.  It ends up something like:

   eval x=matx( MatxArrayIndex( x: y: z ) ) ** 2 + ...

where MatxArrayIndex() returns the index for x,y,z mapped to a
one-dimension index for array matx.  It can be used on either side of
the = in an eval.  And I can handle any number of dimensions.  For
that matter, I could easily even make the function use offsets for the
base instead of assuming 1.

As I've said before: adding support for creating our own procedures is
by far my favorite thing they have done to RPG.  Of course, as a
prerequsite it also required expression support and extended factor2,
which I also really like.  Now to just get CF specs ... <drool>

Doug
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