D - foreach ideas
- "Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> Jul 25 2003
- "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Jul 26 2003
- David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen gmx.net> Jul 26 2003
- "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Jul 26 2003
- David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen gmx.net> Jul 27 2003
- "Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> Jul 27 2003
- "Charles Sanders" <sanders-consulting comcast.net> Jul 28 2003
- David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen gmx.net> Aug 04 2003
- "j anderson" <anderson badmama.com.au.REMOVE> Aug 04 2003
- David Rasmussen <david.rasmussen gmx.net> Aug 05 2003
- "j anderson" <anderson badmama.com.au.REMOVE> Aug 06 2003
- Farmer <itsFarmer. freenet.de> Jul 28 2003
user-defined foreach function:
foreach HWND allItems()
{
uint i;
for(i = 0; i != items.length; i++)
{
out items[i]; jumps to foreach usage body, jumps back when the } is hit
}
}
usage:
this body is like a delegate that gets called on "out" in the foreach
function
foreach(foo in allItems)
{
doSomething(foo);
}
built-in foreach for arrays:
foreach(bar in myArray)
{
bar.classMember();
}
for associative arrays:
foreach(justKey in assocArray)
{
bat(justKey);
}
foreach(justValue[] in assocArray)
{
baz(justValue);
}
foreach(value[key] in assocArray)
{
printf("'%.*s' = %d\n", key, value);
}
Maybe the user-defined foreach would just be easier left out and manually
use delegates? I like the idea for associative arrays, it would allow you to
scan the items without having to make a (possibly) huge dynamic array of the
keys or values. The restriction would be that you can't change the array or
rehash during foreach.
Jul 25 2003
Some great ideas! I've been thinking on the lines of:
long[] a;
foreach (long i; a)
{
}
which would iterate over each element of a[]. Using ; instead of 'in'
eliminates parsing ambiguities. 'a' could be an array, an associative array,
or a class object. If a class object, some functions would have to be
defined (like in operator overloading).
-Walter
"Vathix" <vathix dprogramming.com> wrote in message
news:bfre1d$9je$1 digitaldaemon.com...
user-defined foreach function:
foreach HWND allItems()
{
uint i;
for(i = 0; i != items.length; i++)
{
out items[i]; jumps to foreach usage body, jumps back when the } is
}
}
usage:
this body is like a delegate that gets called on "out" in the foreach
function
foreach(foo in allItems)
{
doSomething(foo);
}
built-in foreach for arrays:
foreach(bar in myArray)
{
bar.classMember();
}
for associative arrays:
foreach(justKey in assocArray)
{
bat(justKey);
}
foreach(justValue[] in assocArray)
{
baz(justValue);
}
foreach(value[key] in assocArray)
{
printf("'%.*s' = %d\n", key, value);
}
Maybe the user-defined foreach would just be easier left out and manually
use delegates? I like the idea for associative arrays, it would allow you
scan the items without having to make a (possibly) huge dynamic array of
keys or values. The restriction would be that you can't change the array
rehash during foreach.
Jul 26 2003
Walter wrote:Some great ideas! I've been thinking on the lines of: long[] a; foreach (long i; a) { }
Why not look at Ada's way of doing this? A nice generalized way of using ranges. /David
Jul 26 2003
"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bfug1l$940$1 digitaldaemon.com...Walter wrote:Some great ideas! I've been thinking on the lines of: long[] a; foreach (long i; a) { }
ranges.
Can you post a summary for those of us not familiar with Ada?
Jul 26 2003
Walter wrote:Why not look at Ada's way of doing this? A nice generalized way of using ranges.
Can you post a summary for those of us not familiar with Ada?
In general: http://www.adapower.com/learn/ and for example: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ (look at looping and ranges) There are many other good Ada tutorials and books online. Specifically: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch06.htm#6.5 Ada is a beautiful language :) /David
Jul 27 2003
"Walter" <walter digitalmars.com> "David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bg0gip$28i1$1 digitaldaemon.com...In general: http://www.adapower.com/learn/ and for example: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ (look at looping and ranges) There are many other good Ada tutorials and books online. Specifically: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch06.htm#6.5
Thanks, I see now.Ada is a beautiful language :)
Not sure I'd go that far <g>.
Jul 27 2003
Ada is a beautiful language :)
Eww gross! Charles "David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bg0gip$28i1$1 digitaldaemon.com...Walter wrote:Why not look at Ada's way of doing this? A nice generalized way of using ranges.
Can you post a summary for those of us not familiar with Ada?
In general: http://www.adapower.com/learn/ and for example: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ (look at looping and ranges) There are many other good Ada tutorials and books online. Specifically: http://www.it.bton.ac.uk/staff/je/adacraft/ch06.htm#6.5 Ada is a beautiful language :) /David
Jul 28 2003
Charles Sanders wrote:Ada is a beautiful language :)
Eww gross!
Why? /David
Aug 04 2003
"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bglsug$1tel$1 digitaldaemon.com...Charles Sanders wrote:Ada is a beautiful language :)
Eww gross!
Why? /David
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
Aug 04 2003
j anderson wrote:"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bglsug$1tel$1 digitaldaemon.com...Charles Sanders wrote:Ada is a beautiful language :)
Eww gross!
Why? /David
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I know. I would like to know what his eye beholds. /David
Aug 05 2003
"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bgoc16$18tj$1 digitaldaemon.com...j anderson wrote:"David Rasmussen" <david.rasmussen gmx.net> wrote in message news:bglsug$1tel$1 digitaldaemon.com...Charles Sanders wrote:Ada is a beautiful language :)
Eww gross!
Why? /David
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
I know. I would like to know what his eye beholds. /David
I'll bite (even though I'm not Sanders). These ada verse C++ *discussions* seem to appear regularly on this newsgroup. IMHO it's whatever bakes the cake. You send a message to a opengl group asking about a comparison between directX, and your sure to get a big discussion on how opengl is better. You send that to a directX group and you get how directX does so much more then openGL. D was targeted at C/C++ users, and therefore it uses heaps of C/C++ syntax. On the other hand I guess most people using D are looking for a better C++. Therefore, I *think* most of the people using D are pro C++ style in general. Now I'm sure to get a large amount of *not me* replies, from people who what to make D more like their favorite language. That's not to say that D has been influenced by many other languages other then C/C++. PS - Sorry for starting the obvious, and this is in no way meant to be an attack.
Aug 06 2003
Hi,
I'm not sure whether I understood all your ideas correctly, so I try here to
repeat how I understood them.
1)
Given this small example for user-defined foreach functions:
// A simple Map class like in c++ stl.
class Map
{
foreach Object keys() // special attribut foreach
{
//this is just pseudo code
Node node=keysHead;
while (node != null)
{
out node.key; // "calls" the foreach body
node=node.next();
}
return;
}
// returns the value for the given key
Object element(Object key);
}
main()
{
Map map=new Map("./state.map");
// print all key value pairs of the map
foreach (key in conf.keys)
{
printf("Key: %*.s - value: %*.s\n"
, key.toString(), conf.element(key).toString());
}
}
The compiler translates this example to code that has exactly the same
semantics as this D code:
class Map
{
Object __foreach_keys(delegate void(Object) __foreachBody)
{
Node node=keysHead;
while (node != null)
{
__foreachBody(current.key); // call the foreach-body
node=node.next();
}
return;
}
}
main()
{
Map map=new Map("./state.map");
// the foreach-body is transformed to an nested function
void __foreachBody(Object __assigned)
{
Object key=__assigned; // compiler added this
printf("Key: %*.s - value: %*.s\n"
, key.toString(), conf.element(key).toString());
}
conf.__foreach_keys(__foreachBody); // do the loop
}
2)
Looks like the foreach-statement is just syntax-sugar.
But when you use gotos, or breaks in the foreach-body then some special
treatement by the compiler is needed: Normally you cannot jump out of nested
functions with goto, but for the compiler generated foreach-body that seems
useful and possible to implement.
3)
For build-in arrays and associative arrays you need not specify an foreach
function as there is a default one provided by the compiler. Possibly every
Class could also provide an default iterator.
I'm not sure whether you intended this, but I think, it might be useful:
4)
The foreach functions can have any parameters, e.g. to constrain the
iteration. For example:
class Map
{
// returns all values for a set of keys.
foreach Object values(Object keys[]);
}
main()
{
Map conf;
// this line isn't proper D, but the meaning is obvious
Object keys[]=["aa", "bb"];
foreach (Object value in conf.values(keys) )
puts(value.toString);
}
5)
You can create non-member foreach functions, too:
foreach int reverseLoop(int[] v)
{
for (int i=v.length-1; i > 0; i--)
out v[i];
}
main()
{
int v[]=[1,2,3,4,5];
int count;
foreach (count in reverseLoop(v))
{
printf("%d ", count);
}
}
Regards,
Farmer.
Jul 28 2003