On Tue, 2 Feb 2021 19:16:52 +0000, Seymour J Metz wrote:
>The behavior of value() is confusing in that it violates the law of least
>astonishment; naively I would expect value('AAA.bbb') and value('AAA.BBB'), ...
>
Those arguments name the same compound symbol,
therefore the results are identical, regardless of how
or whether BBB, BBb, etc. are defined. Consider:
Bbb = 'Wombat'
say AAA.bbb value( 'AAA.bbb' )
say AAA.BBB value( 'AAA.BBB' )
>but that is neither how it is documented nor how it works.
>
That is both how it's documented and how it works.
Otherwise, cite.
>In OOREXX a trailing period is enough to designate a stem. However, if you
>want a stem variable whose name does not end in a period, then you need to
>explicitly initialize it.
>
How do you refer to its members?
>OOREXX does have enumerators.
>
Have you submitted your RFE yet?
If one builds OOREXX from source on z/OS, will it easily interface
to unmodified valuable host command environments such as SDSF
and SYSCALL?
How does it report gaps in a compound symbol, e.g.:
A. = 'Foo'
drop A.42
Also:
A. = 'Foo'
Z = ''
A.Z = 'Nil'
-- gil
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