On 06/09/2024 02:53, Kohei Yoshida wrote:
If I were to suggest one thing, maybe calling the attribute
"table:dynamic" would make the "dynamic" token itself reusable in other
contexts. If we call it "matrix-is-dynamic", that token itself is
pretty much usable only in matrix related features. if the attribute is
just called "dynamic", it may be usable in other things such as
database-ranges, etc. In fact, there is already a token named
"dynamic". Maybe just reuse this token? I don't feel too strongly about
this, BTW.
Just to throw something in to the mix, I don't know whether the terms
are used in a similar way or not, you've almost certainly come across me
talking about MultiValue databases (aka Pick).
Dynamic arrays are the fundamental underpinning of this database!
In the context of MultiValue, a dynamic array is n-dimensional, you
don't declare it, and elements spring into existence by assigning to
them (sometimes called a sparse array, I believe).
I believe Microsoft calls it a "chaptered rowset" in SQL server. I was
hoping to use that to map MultiValue to spreadsheets.
As a very quick databasic example
DYNARR = "" ;* Create an empty initialised variable
DYNARR<4,3,6> = "This is an element" ;* Put that text in row 4, column
3, sub-division 6
Make of that what you will ...
Cheers,
Wol
