MOX
Kyle Lahnakoski
kyle@arcavia.com
Sat Jan 26 06:02:02 2002
Brian P Templeton wrote:
> A multi-arrow is conceptually something like this:
>
> x y z
> ^ ^ ^
> \ | /
> 0 1 2
> \ | /
> ---
> |
>
> where 0, 1, and 2 are `branch numbers' and x, y, and z are objects in
> some 'verse. When the multi-arrow is active, it is considered to point
> to only the object at the end of the first branch - in this case, x -
> and when inactive, well, it is a complete multi-arrow, not pointing to
> anything, but just there. They will probably be used to implement
> multiple values.
With respect to the multi-arrow, as shown, is it important that the
multi-arrow have three parameters (0, 1, 2). Does the multi-arrow have
an identifier beyond these ?three? parameters?
Thanks