Fixed for the next release. Thank you for finding and reporting this error.
----- Original Message ----- From: Ian Shannon <[email protected]> Date: Wednesday, February 10, 2010 22:35 Subject: [Jgeneral] Bond to vector of infinity To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Hi there, > > Notification of a interpreter error. The error is > something like: > If a vector to be bonded (on either left or right) includes > infinity (+ and/or -) and is longer than 7 items then > interpreter returns NaN error. > > However if vector is longer than 7 items the interpreter > (cleverly) can sometimes optimise. > Eg 0 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ becomes > (_*i.10) and error does not occur. > > > > J602 on win XP SP2. > > > ========= > NB. Display of interpreter error > 9!:12 '' > 6 > 9!:14 '' > j602/2008-03-03/16:45 > ,&_ _ _ _ _ _ > ┌─┬─┬───────────┐ > │,│&│_ _ _ _ _ _│ > └─┴─┴───────────┘ > ,& _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > ┌─┬─┬─────────────┐ > │,│&│_ _ _ _ _ _ _│ > └─┴─┴─────────────┘ > ,& _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ > |NaN error > ,& __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > ┌─┬─┬────────────────────┐ > │,│&│__ __ __ __ __ __ __│ > └─┴─┴────────────────────┘ > ,& __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > |NaN error > ,& 0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ > ┌─┬─┬─────────────────────────┐ > │,│&│0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __│ > └─┴─┴─────────────────────────┘ > ,& 0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 0 > ┌─┬─┬───────────────────────────┐ > │,│&│0 __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ 0│ > └─┴─┴───────────────────────────┘ > ,& __ __ __ __ 0 0 0 0 > |NaN error > ,& __ __ __ 0 0 0 0 > ┌─┬─┬────────────────┐ > │,│&│__ __ __ 0 0 0 0│ > └─┴─┴────────────────┘ > > > 7 appears to be the magic number for the length of the constant > vector to bond. > > The error also occurs when bonding with other functions (on both > left and right). > > > Note I cannot use the wiki > http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/System/Interpreter/Bugs > > as it won't let me reset the password - it says that recovery > token (copied out of return email) is invalid. Please let > me know how to get into the system. > > > Ian ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
