Re: Re: problem with Pick
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- Subject: [mg78480] Re: [mg78409] Re: problem with Pick
- From: "Chris Chiasson" <chris at chiasson.name>
- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2007 05:18:19 -0400 (EDT)
- References: <acbec1a40706230431p4f1db9a9i4320680dda027396@mail.gmail.com>
On 7/2/07, Andrzej Kozlowski <akoz at mimuw.edu.pl> wrote: > > On 2 Jul 2007, at 22:07, Chris Chiasson wrote: > > > Finally, if they wanted me to not be surprised, they should have said: > > > > Pick[list,sel,patt] picks out those list[[i1=85]] for which sel[[i1=85= ]] > > matches patt. > > Maybe that (not surprising you) was not at the top of their list of > priorities. > > Andrzej Agreed. They were probably rushing just to finish the documentation in time for the release. Still, using RepeatedNull@i1 would do more to indicate matching at the top level than i1, i2, \[Ellipsis]. Why should they attempt to invent a new set of pattern descriptions when they already have a working set? -- http://chris.chiasson.name/