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--- "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It seems to me that in j601 j beta, sys_timer must be defined in _z_
> (as opposed to the locale where wd runs). I haven't seen any
> release notes on this, so I could be wrong.
>
> But, consider what happens when I have a timer event handler
> which I want to run in locale 55:
>
> sys_timer_z_=: onTimer
>
> This fails, because either (a) locale is not retained during
> the assignment, or (b) the name is copied literally (which
> has the same effect).
>
> this=. coname''
> sys_timer_z_=: onTimer__this
>
> This fails, because the name is copied literally, and the "this"
> variable is not defined in _z_
>
> sys_timer_z_=: ''1 :('onTimer_',(>coname''),'_')
>
> This works, but seems obscure.
>
> (1) Perhaps name__ref should be resolved to a specific locale
> at =: time?
>
> (1a) If not, perhaps there should be some other well defined way
> to get a name within a locale? (Creating a special purpose
> adverb which uses a couple string concatenations works, but
> does not seem to be addressing the issue at an appropriate level
> of abstraction. Building a conjunction to do the composition
> seems a bit better, but seems unrelated to any specific application.)
>
> (2) Perhaps a "this" variable should be defined when creating
> a new object?
>
> Also, if the debugger is not enabled and an error occurs inside
> the sys_timer function, it's difficult to retain control of the
> J session. I'm not sure why this is desirable, but assuming it
> is, perhaps options could be provided on what to do if an uncaught
> error occurs in the timer code:
>
> (A) the current behavior
> (B) enable the debugger
> (C) disable the timer
>
> ?
>
> --
> Raul
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