Re: variable indices

[Harald Hanche-Olsen <hanche@imf.unit.no>]

>>>>> ":" == Steve Kilbane <steve@cegelecproj.co.uk> writes:

:> Perhaps there should be another operator (':'? it's not doing anything)

Oh no! I don't want to have to escape every colon in rcp host:file ...
It's enough of a pain to have to say make CC\=gcc.  Please, don't move
in the direction of making every non-alphanumeric character special to
es.

:> Perhaps:

:> ; whatis { a = $list:2-,5-8 }

:> could give:

:> { %listelem 2-,5-8 $list }


:> I'd also be happier with using ranges as indices, I think...

Problem with lexical analysis.  What should $n-8 be parsed as?  $(n-8)
like it is today, or $n^-8?  I like being able to use the hyphen in
variable names without needing parentheses.  I do it all the time
(must be the Lisp influence).

- Harald