record syntax.

[Justin_]

Hi, is there anything wrong with this code:

code:

type webData :         record     %struct equivelant             list_urls   : flexible array 1 .. 2 of string             searchTerm  : string             url_count   : int    %To determine how many links there are.             lines       : string             url         : string             file_stream : flexible array 1 .. 2 of int         end record

it says syntax error at "flexible"

[Cervantes]

Sadly, Turing can't handle flexible arrays within records. It's one of Turing's biggest problems, in my opinion.

The best you can do is declare a big hoinking static array ( ) and use an index variable to keep track of the "upper" of it.

[Justin_]

how unfortunate yeah the static array will have to do.

[Tony]

Cervantes wrote:

Sadly, Turing can't handle flexible arrays within records. It's one of Turing's biggest problems, in my opinion.

How would you go about implementing it? Suddenly you'll have a record type of arbitrary length. There will be a whole bunch of problems with reserving a correct amount of space and then adjusting it on per-record basis.

If you are dealing with a lot of data and do want to have it stored in a flexible array, you could declear it outside of the record definition, and point to it from within the record.

[MysticVegeta]

Well what you could have is a record inside a record.

[codemage]

Why jump through so many hoops to use a special Turing shortcut?

Flexible arrays are just a Turing-specific training-wheels-enabled version of dynamic lists.