syntax options for reading array properties

[Richard Gaskin]

Mark Wieder wrote:
> Richard-
> 
> Sunday, September 27, 2009, 10:11:18 AM, you wrote:
> 
>> Looking into the RQCC this morning I found an excellent discussion on
>> this by Mark Waddingham in in request submitted by Björnke:
>> <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=6912>
> 
> Thanks for pointing this one out. I added votes as well.
> 
>> While I was there I added a request to solve the bloat problem with keys
>> of sub-arrays within a parent array in which all of the sub-arrays use
>> the same key names:
>> <http://quality.runrev.com/qacenter/show_bug.cgi?id=8304>
> 
> I like the idea of a struct-like assembly, but wouldn't the same thing
> be accomplished by using numeric constants (and possibly faster, if I
> understand the way the numeric arrays work):
> 
> constant kName = 1
> constant kParty = 2
> constant kAddress = 3
> -- etc
> 
> put "R" into member[kParty]

Moments like this make me glad you're on this list. :)

Yes, that definitely reduces the bloat, down to a single byte per field. 
  A struct would reduce it even more (at least for arrays with more than 
four fields), but that's a big step forward for keeping file sizes down 
that can be used today.

Thanks for the idea -

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