Method build_init_recursive

src/ArrayVariable.cpp:458–477

print the initializer recursively for multi-dimension arrays this is based on John's idea

// print the initializer recursively for multi-dimension arrays
// this is based on John's idea
string
ArrayVariable::build_init_recursive(size_t dimen, const vector<string>& init_strings) const
{
	assert (dimen < get_dimension());
	static unsigned seed = 0xABCDEF;
	string ret = "{";
	for (size_t i=0; i<sizes[dimen]; i++) {
		if (dimen == sizes.size() - 1) {
			// use magic number to choose an initial value
			size_t rnd_index = ((seed * seed + (i+7) * (i+13)) * 52369) % (init_strings.size());
			ret += init_strings[rnd_index];
			seed++;
		 } else {
			ret += build_init_recursive(dimen + 1, init_strings);
		 }
		 if (i != sizes[dimen]-1) ret += ",";
	}
	ret += "}";
	return ret;
}

// build the string initializer in form of "{...}"
string