Persistent Array Designation

[Rob Cozens]

In the script changes I proposed to Ben

>  if fromUse then put aInfo into aUseInfo else put aInfo into aImproveInfo

This puts a variable with a list of associated keys into a nonKeyed 
variable (and in other parts of the script, vice versa).  I frankly 
don't know if the index keys are maintained correctly in the process. 
This brings up several questions:

1.  Will the handler maintain the key notation when aInfo is put into 
aUseInfo and aUseInfo is then put into aInfo?  (If not, you could 
script a workaround using an itemDelimiter instead of array 
notation...provided you can designate a delimiter character that will 
NEVER occur in the data you are manipulating AND you can live with 
the overhead of a delimiter for every possible item.  The later 
because put x into item 20000 of y will place 19,999 itemDelimiter 
characters before x if y is empty.)

2.  Is the key list maintained separately from the arrayed variable 
(as opposed to maintaining the variable as a delimited list)?

3.  If we're dealing with a delimited list in actuality, is there 
potential conflict between the delimiter used by the MetaCard engine 
and some character I might choose as my own delimiter?

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Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)
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Rob Cozens
CCW, Serendipity Software Company
http://www.oenolog.com/who.htm

"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three;
Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."

from "The Triple Foole" by John Donne (1572-1631)