for(var in datum)

ID:1846919
 
May 6 2015, 10:04 pm
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for(var/a in my_datum)

It'd be convenient if this behaved as
for(var/a in my_datum.contents)

if a non-atom my_datum has a contents var defined.

Like how "[my_datum]" uses my_datum.name if it's defined, looping through my_datum should use my_datum.contents if it's defined.
May 7 2015, 6:11 am
It seems weird to give a datum a contents var, as it's not an atom and therefore has no true contents. I doubt many authors would ever do such a thing.
May 7 2015, 6:38 am
In that case, could there instead be a reserved word for a possible main list of a datum if one so desired? and then have that defaulted to when used in a loop? (same idea as contents i guess, but without needing it to be viewed as anything other than a list)

Edit: By the way, are there numerous cases of this kind of behaviour where "[something]" gets translated to "[something.name]" and so on? If so could someone provide them via a list of something please? :o while i could assume some stuff, i'd like to know it there are some small helpful things like that i'm unaware of.