Re: [Axiom-developer] Spad and its object model

[Gabriel Dos Reis]

On Mon, 11 Jun 2007, Stephen Wilson wrote:

| Gabriel Dos Reis <address@hidden> writes:
| > | If the vtable can be interrogated with a variety of keys, allowing
| > | useful mapping of elements, I dont see how a hash is any more
| > | flexible.  Perhaps you could provide an example?
| > 
| > Did I say "more flexible"?
| > 
| > When you have an array and you index it with value 2, what does "2"
| > means? 
| 
| As I said, you are not limited to using an integer.  You could use
| any key which makes sense.

In that case, can you remind me of your main objection to what I 
originally suggested?

-- Gaby