Given the name "SysCArgs" already implies that this is not a [oo]Rexx language
related piece of
information, but one of the runtime environment that started the Rexx script.
As the discussions on
<news:comp.lang.rexx> showcase, there are people (especially those with a Unix
background, but now
more and more realize the same possibilities to take advantage of under Windows
as well) who would
be helped, if all of the C argv was made available to them. The prefix "Sys"
already indicates that
this is something outside the Rexx language, but valuable for programmers.
However, if there is a name used like SysCArgs then it implies that a Rexx
programmer gets access to
the C argv array. It would not make sense for those users who know about the C
argv argument to
leave out the first two arguments, as then this does not represent the C argv.
It would add a
surprise, an oddity to that particular function.
Independent of how SysCArgs gets implemented, the Rexx language itself remains
totally unfaffected
by it, i.e. Rexx coders, who are not in need of the C args, can very
successfully use PARSE SOURCE,
PARSE ARG, USE ARG to get at the information they usually are interested in. (
SysCArgs won't change
that at all. )
---rony
On 03.06.2013 17:03, Rick McGuire wrote:
> I have several objections. Since this is an array, this will actually shift
> the arguments to
> non-intuitive positions (there's no way to have an element 0 in an array). I
> don't actually see
> that this provides much useful function, and really entangles the language
> too much with command
> shell issues.
>
> Rick
>
>
> On Mon, Jun 3, 2013 at 10:55 AM, Mark Miesfeld <miesf...@gmail.com
> <mailto:miesf...@gmail.com>> wrote:
>
> All,
>
> The current implementation of the SysCArgs array purposively leaves out
> the C arg 0 and arg 1.
>
> Currently some users seem to be interested in having access to those
> args. Well, arg 1 for sure.
>
> Since the enhancement has not been released yet, it seems to me it would
> be okay to change the
> implementation to include all the C args. I'm in favor of that.
>
> Is there any objection to changing the enhancement to include arg 0 and
> arg 1 at this point?
>
> --
> Mark Miesfeld
>
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