From: george.marrows@... Date: 2003-09-04T19:34:46+09:00 Subject: [OT] Posting apologies - was RE: |rcr|.xv Index Variables ( *_wi th_index ) Hi folks -- sorry for the hideous mess I've made of posting here recently (public mail sent privately, private mail sent publicly etc). I shall now withdraw, bitterly blaming Outlook as I go .. -- George > -----Original Message----- > From: Marrows, George A (PS, GENS) > Sent: 04 September 2003 10:01 > To: 'daz' > Subject: RE: |rcr|.xv Index Variables ( *_with_index ) > > > > I hope you saw from my reply to your post that $XITER > > uses the "C" API but it's available to you through > > that thing (which looks an awful lot like a global variable). > > It isn't a global. > > Yes, I saw that - thanks. I'll try to give a bit more thought > to syntax and the hash key suggestion that I raised, but I'm > off on holiday shortly so it'll be some time before anything > gets to you. (If it ever does .. :) > > Thanks for your posts to ruby-talk btw: always relevant and > often very witty - they lively the place up a bit! > > -- George >