Hmm... it looks like https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Essays/Tacit_Expressions#Tacit_Valued_Explicit_Definitions would be the right place to put an example like this.
I'm not sure that this particular example is general enough. I'll sleep on it, and if I can't think of anything better, I guess I'll just use it as is. Thanks, -- Raul On Sat, Nov 20, 2021 at 10:48 AM Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote: > > Damn, that's beautiful. Can you make sure it gets into the Wiki > somewhere prominent? > > Henry Rich > > On 11/19/2021 9:03 PM, Raul Miller wrote: > > Actually, thinking about this, there's a way of abusing the parser to > > express tacit definitions in a multiline format that's fairly > > readable. For this example: > > > > glqtextmetrics=: _{{ > > m=. '"',libjqt,'" glqtextmetrics ',(IFWIN#'+'),' i *i' > > u=. m&cd@(<7#00) > > (1&{:: [ chkgl2)@u"1 > > }} > > > > This is kind of a one-off approach, though, and when putting together > > a library like gl2 it might be better to encapsulate some of this for > > reuse. > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > -- > This email has been checked for viruses by AVG. > https://www.avg.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
