development release newLISP v.9.3.4

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 3:43 pm

• a quicker way to make dictionaries (hashes)

• 'read-expr' hooks into newLISP's interpreter

• 'sys-info' now also reports PID

Files and changes notes: http://newlisp.org/downloads/development/

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:12 pm

Thank you, Lutz. When you say "creating dictionaries got faster," do you mean that the speed of their creation is faster or the syntax for creating them is simpler?

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 4:31 pm

One other thing- is it possible in future versions that (Context "key" value) could work like set, with multiple insertions? i.e. (Context "foo" bar "baz" bat) to set foo and baz in Context.

Lutz · Post by **Lutz** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:09 pm

... the syntax for creating them is simpler?

yes, simpler / speedier to write

could work like set, with multiple insertions?

perhaps we could have this second syntax pattern:

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(<context> <list>)

where <list> is either a flat list of pairs:

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(<var1> <value1> <var2> <value2> ...)

or an association list?

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((<var1> <value1>) (<var2> <value2>) ...)

Jeff · Post by **Jeff** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:19 pm

That would work better, because it would be more easily composed.

cormullion · Post by **cormullion** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 5:56 pm

Do the existing sys-info values still work, or has one of them been replaced?

hsmyers · Post by **hsmyers** » Mon Mar 17, 2008 9:24 pm

And just when I've convereted everything to assox!! Oh well, I've got bigger tables to fry...

newBert · Post by **newBert** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 2:18 pm

Lutz wrote:development release newLISP v.9.3.4
• a quicker way to make dictionaries (hashes)

hsmyers wrote:And just when I've convereted everything to assox!

Me too ;)
I'm going to investigate a little these hash tables in the NewLisp way :)