On Sat, Oct 1, 2011 at 4:24 PM, Raul Miller <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Sep 30, 2011 at 10:35 PM, The Geeko <[email protected]> wrote: >> And, I realized that changes were introduced that caused old scripts to >> break. >> So, relying on the z-locale appears to me to be risky. > > Changes have been introduced to the language, that caused old scripts to > break. > > So avoiding the z locale will not save you from that problem. > > The best approach seems to be finding and visiting and fixing old > scripts, or posting updates, or something.
Many languages require some care (or effort) when moving code between different versions. Where possible Jsoftware and the community have taken care to make sure that code from older versions of J does not break in newer ones. I agree with Raul that the best strategy when you come across situations is to bring it to the community's attention. Note however that the z-locale is writeable by user scripts and other addons so although it is "bad form" to overwrite or change existing definitions in the z-locale, it is possible. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
