RE: [sv-ec] Array terminology

I think "non-associative unpacked array" would be the clearest, though
not the shortest.

Shalom

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> Subject: [sv-ec] Array terminology
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> One of the current goals of Mantis proposals 1702 and 1447 is 
> to make all kinds of unpacked array other than associative be 
> assignment-compatible with one another wherever it's 
> reasonable (size OK, elements assignment-compatible).
> 
> The language in both those proposals is sometimes a little 
> tortured because we lack a simple umbrella term for the three 
> sorts of array: queue, dynamic, and fixed-size unpacked.  I 
> don't know whether Mike Burns and I would have time to make 
> use of any such term in the proposals, but does anyone have 
> any strong feelings about this?  Here are a few candidates I 
> thought of:
> 
>   sequential array
>   contiguous unpacked array
>   linear unpacked array
>   non-associative unpacked array
> 
> ???
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