Re: Combining @ and [*] in one function call?

Ralph Ritoch <[email protected]>
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Chris,

Have you tried using parenthesis to control the order of operations?

 colors = GTK2.GdkColor(@(color_defs[*]));

This seems to work for me.

Best Regards,
  Ralph Ritoch


On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:53 AM, Chris Angelico <[email protected]> wrote:

> Situation: I have an array(array(int)) of arguments, which I'd like to
> pass through a function which takes a series of int arguments. Is
> there a way to do this without a lambda?
>
> colors = lambda(array x) {return GTK2.GdkColor(@x);}(color_defs[*]);
>
> This works, but it's not exactly readable. I could go for an explicit
> loop and use @, or I can use a lambda to do the @-ing and something
> like this, but neither's as clear as what I'd like to do:
>
> colors = GTK2.GdkColor(@color_defs[*]);
>
> Is there a way to combine them into something that concise?
>
> FWIW, color_defs = ({
>     ({255, 255, 0}),
>     ({127, 0, 127}),
>     // ... ... ...
> }), and GTK2.GdkColor wants three separate arguments, red/green/blue.
>
> ChrisA
>
>
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