Vector Classes¶

Vector classes are used to create 1-dimensional arrays of data. In general any class that supports the below operations is said to be a vector class.

indexing, which is invoked by the v[i] syntax.

length

++, which is the append operation.

copy, which returns a shallow copy.

in iterates over the members of the vector object.

Built-in Vector Classes¶

There are four built-in vector classes in

strings

vectors

lists, n.b. indexing is not O(1) operation!

elements

User Defined Vector Classes¶

To be implemented! Probable initial design will be something like:

vectorclass CLASS_NAME
        [ flavour (immutable|updateable|dynamic); ]
        [ type TYPE_EXPRESSION; ]
        [ constructor CONSTRUCTOR_NAME; ]
        [ exploder EXPLODER_NAME; ]
        [ recogniser RECOGNISER_NAME; ]
        [ indexer INDEXER_NAME; ]
        [ length LENGTH_NAME; ]
endvectorclass;