Suggestions like this come up from time to time, but I think they are
mistaken. We already have a mechanism for naming files outside
standard J directories, see
https://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Guides/Folders_and_Projects . I don't
think anything else is needed, rather any extra mechanism will add
unnecessary complexity.
I'd recommend becoming thoroughly familiar with what we already have. Thanks!
On Thu, May 18, 2023 at 8:59 AM Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Quite often, we might want to work with collections of J scripts which
> are outside the standard J system and user directories.
>
> It's quite possible, though obscure, to use introspection (4!:4 and
> 4!:3) to locate scripts relative to the currently executing script.
>
> It would probably be better to make this be an explicitly supported
> feature of J's load verb.
>
> Specifically, I would like to propose that while load is executing,
> jpath would expand ~dir/ to be the innermost referenced directory of
> the currently executing load.
>
> In other words:something like
>
> load=: {{
> 0 load y
> :
> fls=. getscripts_j_ y
> fn=. ('script',x#'d')~
> for_fl. fls do.
> SystemFolders_j_=: SystemFolders_j_,~ 'dir';fpath_j_;fl
> if. Displayload_j_ do. echo;fl end.
> if. -. fexist fl do.
> echo 'not found: ',;fl
> end.
> fn fl
> SystemFolders_j_=: (<<<({."1 SystemFolders_j_)i.<'dir') { SystemFolders_j_
> Loaded_j_=: ~. Loaded_j_,fl
> end.
> EMPTY
> }}
>
> Thoughts? Objections? Improvements?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> Raul
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