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The specification of the MMTF format for biological structures
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List vs Array #10

Closed pwrose closed 8 years ago

pwrose commented 8 years ago

Should the word list be replaced by array, since the decoding generates arrays, not lists?

arose commented 8 years ago

My intention with using list instead or array was to have a more colloquial term that isn't as much associated with a specific 'type' in a programming language as the specific 'type' depends on the programming language and the the decoding library.

pwrose commented 8 years ago

See: https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-an-array-a-list-and-a-linked-list

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arose commented 8 years ago

changed the wording in the spec use of "array" when describing fields of type Array, see 9395361b1495271eac5a0e74ddc5af00655bc8be