[Nexus-developers] RE: nexus spec: "..." ????

[Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)]

The "..." syntax hasn't really been specified, so I can't say definitely. To
me [:...] would mean at least one : whereas [...] could match any text. An
alternative would be to use something based on the existing regular
expression syntax e.g.  [:+]  or maybe [:]+   to indicate one or more array
dimensions.

Assuming "..." is accepted, I guess you could write [n...] for [n], [n,n],
etc. if you wished to require that the array has the same size (n) in each
dimension regardless of the number of dimensions; however as we need to get
the usage of "..." clarified I have CC: the nexus-developers at anl.gov mailing
list to open up a discussion (which may move to the NeXus SWIKI if it is
decided a decision by the NeXus advisory committee is needed) 

Regards,

Freddie

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Hartmut Gilde [mailto:Hartmut.Gilde at frm2.tum.de]
> Sent: 27 April 2004 11:26
> To: Akeroyd, FA (Freddie)
> Subject: Re: nexus spec: "..." ????
> 
> Thanks for your answer.
> i have assumed this behaviour, but i wasn't quite sure.
> 
> so theres no difference between [:...] and [...] ??
> and so would it be possible to similarly write [n...] standing for [n]
> [n,n]
> [n,n,n] etc ??
> 
> Hartmut
>