Associative arrays are not multidimensional

[heuermh]

The doc does not make it clear if associative arrays can be multidimensional, it appears not

$ cat multi-assoc.ck
class Foo {
  string name;
}

Foo assoc1d[0];
Foo assoc2d[0][0];

Foo foo1;
"1" => foo1.name;

Foo foo2;
"2" => foo2.name;

foo1 @=> assoc1d["one"];
foo2 @=> assoc1d["two"];

<<<"assoc1d", assoc1d["one"].name, assoc1d["two"].name>>>;

foo1 @=> assoc2d["foo"]["one"];

<<<"assoc2d", assoc2d["foo"]["two"].name>>>;

$ chuck multi-assoc.ck
assoc1d 1 2
[chuck](VM): NullPointerException: (array access) on line[19] in shred[id=1:multi-assoc.ck]
[chuck](VM): (array dimension where exception occurred: 1)

Note in the error message (array access) shows ChucK is trying to use the wrong dimension.

[lathertonj]

My best guess on how you might do this would be this, but it gives a different kind of null pointer exception (at least on webchuck, where I tested it):

float foo[][];
float subfoo1[];
float subfoo2[];
subfoo1 @=> foo["one"];
subfoo2 @=> foo["two"];
5 => foo["one"]["a"];
6 => foo["two"]["b"];
<<< foo["one"]["a"],  foo["two"]["b"] >>>;