Re: (beep) as string
Re: (beep) as string
- Subject: Re: (beep) as string
- From: julifos <email@hidden>
- Date: Wed, 19 Nov 2003 21:45:48 +0100
>
>> set x to {}
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>> set x's end to x --> {{...}}
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> Recursive structures may be undocumented, but they're perfectly
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> supported, at least for now. There's a bunch of code to deal with
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> them, and I even added the "..." printing myself. However, no one has
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> ever found a practical use for them that I'm aware of.
>
I remember reading somewhere about an algorithm called something like
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the "Joseph" problem, where circular structures like the one above are
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used for running around the circle and deleting various links based on
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some criteria. Off the top of my head, I can't think of any AppleScript
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purpose for this.
Well, this is itself a good example of a recursive structure, where the
final result is allways the same. ;-)
jj
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