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I sometimes work on creating my own programming language (because there aren't enough of those already) and one of the things I want to do in it is 1-based inde
by tmtvl 1y ago
I sometimes work on creating my own programming language (because there aren't enough of those already) and one of the things I want to do in it is 1-based indexing. Just so I can do:
(defvar names (Vector String)
#("Alex" "Kim" "Robin" "Sam"))
(elt names 1)
...and get "Alex" instead of "Kim".
- pjmlp 1y agoOr take a lesson from languages where this isn't a religious question and do (defvar names (Vector String) #("Alex" "Kim" "Robin" "Sam")) (first names) or if being flexible, (defvar names (Vector String) #("Alex" "Kim" "Robin" "Sam")) (elt names (lowbound names)) Bonus points for adding a macro or function, to make the second form available as first as well.