use "" as an array key

[Peter TB Brett]

On 22/09/2016 18:58, Matt Maier wrote:
> I find myself in want of a YAML library again. Mark posted some functions
> on the forum that I'm debugging
> http://forums.livecode.com/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=21434
>
> Something I discovered while debugging is that "" is being accepted as an
> array key.
>
> It seems like it shouldn't be possible to use the absence of a string as an
> array key. Is it supposed to work that way? I'm using 8.0.1 on Windows.

"" isn't "the absence of a string", it's a string that's 0 characters 
long.  Being able to use it as an array key is important for being able 
to represent real-world data in an array.

                                                     Peter

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