How to reference constant value from one in another?

[vlo...@gmail.com]

I was wondering if it's possible to derive one constant from another?

Something like:

struct Foo {

  a @0 :Float32;

  b @1 :Float32;

};

const oneWay :Foo = ( a = 1.0, b = 2.0 )

const orAnother :Foo = ( a = .oneWay.b, b = .oneWay.a )

And of course expanding this wondering if basic math operations like negation or even addition/subtraction are supported in these references?

Thanks,
Vitali

[Kenton Varda]

Hi Vitali,

At present the compiler does not support referencing a member of a constant, nor computing basic arithmetic, etc. I think it would be cool to add support for these things to the language, but personally I haven't yet had a need for it.

-Kenton

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