On 4/16/08, Mark D. Niemiec <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > However, the point I was trying to make is that 0+._ should > be _, just like 0*_ and 0%0 are. These all have consistent > arguments,
0+._. has an inconsistent argument. > My only complaint here with arguments of _. is that they > should produce meaningless values or exceptions - NOT > hangs or crashes. I agree that J should not crash, but other than that, making the code complicated or slower to deal with an inconsistent case seems like a trivial benefit for a non-zero cost. Anyways, perhaps a better approach would be to define an adverb _.: which produces a verb with the same ranks as its argument and which produces a domain error if any argument to that derived verb contains _. -- Raul ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
