Re: [sv-bc] structure literal example in standard

Greg Jaxon wrote:
> Bresticker, Shalom wrote:
> 
>> Krinshanu Debnath wrote:
> 
>>> obj = '{a, '{2{b,c}}};
>>>
>>> Now if I want to assign value in 1D array obj1, I would extend
>>> it to ..
>>>
>>> obj1 = '{3{'{a, '{2{b,c}}}}};
>>
>> Here, you want to do
>> obj1 = '{3{obj}} ;
>>
>> But if you substitute the structure literal for obj, then you omit the
>> leading '. You can think of it as moving to precede the {3.
> 
> Not so.  There are no such magic rules about how replication works.
> 
> The example on page 12 is wrong, and its expansion has been bungled.
> Here is a corrected version:
> 
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Thanks Greg, for the confirmation.

Krishanu

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