Say, is there a list explanations for the system definitions in z, j,
and other locales? It's possible that they are explained in a lab I
haven't yet experienced, or that I should write a lab to explain them.
If you have time on your hands and are bored---my story:
If new user me were clever enough to run names_z_'' I'd possibly see
"deb" and guess that it pertains to debugging.
When I look at its definition I see that it doesn't contain a foreign
conjunction; I realize my debugging guess is probably wrong.
Next I don't know with which valence "deb" makes best sense.
If I'm really lucky I see that the deb definition contains a space
character and should be used with strings. Ha ha---that sways me back
to the debugging interpretation. Debuggers handle strings.
Eventually, having long forgotten about "deb" I see it in context and
need to understand. I try it:
deb 'sleepy cat'
sleepy cat
only to find that deb doesn't do anything!!!! Finally, following a
little more study:
('>' ,~ deb) ' Better test case '
Better test case>
Another day passes, I'm cycling to the dentist,
"Aha! dELETE eXTRA bLANKS." And I've got better ideas for what other
definitions may mean.
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