NICE-ESG-Libs Digest        Fri, 23 Feb 96       Volume 2 : Issue  20 

Today's Topics:
                     NICE-ESG-Libs Digest V2 #17


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Date: Fri, 23 Feb 1996 17:11:05 -0500
From: jcm@mstr.hgc.edu
Subject: NICE-ESG-Libs Digest V2 #17
To: NICE-ESG-Libs@atlanta.twr.com

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> NICE-ESG-Libs Digest        Thu, 22 Feb 96       Volume 2 : Issue  17 
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> fwd: [jacob@blackbox.enmu.edu] Re: strip and ARRAY[ANY] (NICE-ESG-Libs Digest V2 #16)
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> Date: Thu, 22 Feb 96 16:43:49 EST
> >From: tynor (Steve Tynor)
> Subject: fwd: [jacob@blackbox.enmu.edu] Re: strip and ARRAY[ANY] (NICE-ESG-Libs Digest V2 #16)
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> 
> I was not attempting to propose that my proposed `items_are_equal'
> function was a "one size fits all" solution to all cases where one wants
> to use strip -- mearly a necessary one for implementing the semantics
> (which I believe are) intended in the ETL examples. If these semantics
> are regarded as unimportant, then the need for this new function is
> of course diminished. 

I think the utility of `items_are_equal' stands on its own. Once it's
in the standard, people will find uses for it beyond `strip'. (As an
aside, I'd be curious to know how many people reading this have ever used
strip). So I'd be glad to see Steve offer a precise version of this as
a formal amendment.
 
> 
> Steve
> 

-- Jim


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