Changes between Version 23 and Version 24 of ArrayTasklist

Timestamp:

02/04/10 20:38:58 (12 years ago)

Author:

kurahaupo

Comment:

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ArrayTasklist

@@ -22 +22 @@
  Which behaviour is preferred?
    * ''(Which types? Is this tied to the Resizable vs. Fixed? as an HLL author, I don't particularly care, as my language doesn't support straight negative indices anyway. If we're moving to unify this feature, I would again suggest we move to unify more, ala support of shift/push --Coke)''
-   * ''(No, it's "random". ResizableBooleanArray does accept negative indeces, while ResizableIntegerArray does not.)''
+     * ''(No, it's "random". ResizableBooleanArray does accept negative indeces, while ResizableIntegerArray does not.)''
 
 == Fixed Arrays ==
@@ -53 +53 @@
  * My dictionaries can't agree whether the spelling is "resizable" or "resizeable"; if the latter, should we fix the spelling now, later, or never?
 
-== Deprecation of Array ==
+== Universal Ancestral "Array" == #ArrayAncestor
 
-Several commentators have said that Array should be removed.
-
-What, if anything, is it useful for?
-What's the difference between "Array" and "ResizeablePMCArray" or "FixedPMCArray"?
-(A note on [http://rt.perl.org/rt3/Ticket/Display.html?id=56718 RT#56718] says that its only useful feature is its sparseness.)
-
-What needs to be done before it can be removed?
+It has been suggested (in #1416) that we should have a common ancestor class for all array-like types, to facilitate adding new common methods to them all. Perhaps a better alternative would be multiple "base classes" representing the various aspects of an array (see [#Roleseparation next section]).
 
 == Role separation ==