This area hasn't changed in a while. Can you provide a failing case that
doesn't require sql?

Henry Rich

On Sun, May 28, 2023, 7:54 PM John Baker <[email protected]> wrote:

> The other day one of my long running SQLite applications stopped
> working in the latest J beta J 9.5.  I had to change the name of the
> bound for. name in the loop.
>
> NB. create tables - NOTE: cannot use (create) in for_create. j 9.5 beta
> for_crtsql. sql do.
>   crtsql=. ;crtsql
>   ('unable to create table ->',crtsql) assert 0 = sqlcmd__dt crtsql
> end.
>
> The name "crtsql" was originally  "create" and when it crashed the
> value of "create" was a verb in the sqlite locale.  This loop ran fine
> in all previous versions of J including the current j9.41. Usually
> this type of scoping anomaly indicates something is not quite right in
> the recent beta.
>
> The fix is easy - use another name - but I don't think we want to
> launch easter egg hunts in the J codebase if this is a bug.
>
> NB. version tested
> Engine: j9.5.0-beta2/j64avx2/windows
> Build: commercial/2023-05-02T22:44:50/clang-15-0-7/SLEEF=1
> Library: 9.5.1
> Qt IDE: 2.0.3/6.2.4(6.2.4)
> Platform: Win 64
> Installer: j9.5 install
> InstallPath: c:/j64/j9.5
> Contact: www.jsoftware.com
>
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> John D. Baker
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