Re: UID: Generating pointers in awk

On 11.10.2024 17:35, digi_cs wrote:

Hello Everybody
 
For those who write long programs in AWK, pointers and working with
strong values are essential.

What do you mean by "strong values"?

 
I would like to introduce  to my small project - a compact user-level
awk library designed for generating "unique" strings that is may be
used as the abstract pointers in awk.

Do you (maybe) mean "references"? Or really "pointers" as we know them
from C or C++?

 
The library contains (I hope) good documentation
 
In my opinion, this library is key for the further development of
programming in awk as a whole. It provides users with pointers.
 
In the documentation, I tried not only to describe the programming
interface but also to briefly demonstrate the main techniques for
using pointers in awk.
 
Link to the project: https://github.com/digics/UID10
 
I would really appreciate hearing any feedback, comments, and
evaluations of my work. This applies to both the code itself and the
documentation.

A quick general comment...

Awk is a HLL, abstracting from low-level constructs. It's beyond me
why you think that pointers would be necessary or even "key for the
further development of programming in awk as a whole".

I might say more if I'll have read the documentation.

BTW; I would have appreciated it if you'd have provided some minimum
more concrete information here in this newsgroup about the features,
rationale, and similar useful information, before directing us to
external Web-links to github trees.

Janis

 
Best regards, Denis