Re: Is my Control a cotrol array ??

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"Bob Butler" <tiredofit@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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If I needed to change every second year it wouldn't be a fixed array.

Why would it be a fixed array anyway? Surely the years are not hard coded?

It
would be dimensioned dynamically or I wouldn't use that technique in the
first place.

So the technique is becoming dependant on the data?

That's because of the way it is implemented currently

That's simply wrong. Non zero based arrays will always be slower.

and, even if it were
always true, it would make sense to leave the array syntax in VB alone and
create a new syntax to define the more performant vector data type. That
way people could move their code forward and then rewrite as needed to
gain
additional performance if the decide it is necessary.

That was something they considered but decided it would be too confusing for
programmers.

Telling me that I
have to spend uncountable man-hours rewriting and re-testing thousands of
lines of working code because when I'm done it will be faster is simply
ludicrous.

I never said they couldn't have provided a better upgrade path. I just don't
agree with the methods you wish to use.

Absolutely. I got out of the habit of using it years ago but reading the
other threads I see exactly how useful it could be and now I'm watching
for
places to utilize it.

There you go. Greater compatibility would have detracted from dot net. I'm
not sure how you consider having gosub in the language a good thing.

alpine said it best

Read his post, he really said nothing at all except he disagrees. If that's
what you consider as "said it best" .....

And then they'll be free to break the extensions.

Minor problem.

Michael


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