Walter, wasn't this one of the points you already made in your presentation about differences between different Rexxes?
Not a lot of point in banging on it again -- it isn't going to change. Mike ------ > That's the inside view. > When I read about assingment, it says that the value of the > expression on the righthand side is assigned to the variable > on the lefthand side. > > consider > r.=0 > r.3=16 > rr.=r. > blabla=r. > Say 'blabla='blabla > > Walter Pachl > > ---- Rick McGuire <[email protected]> schrieb: > > It most certainly IS an assignment. The stem variable rr. > is set to > > contain a reference to the same stem object referenced by the stem > > variable r. ooRexx does not have a concept of variable > aliasing. This > > is the same assignment mechanism that allows USE ARG to work or > > returning a stem object from a function or method call. I > don't have > > the reference handy right now so I can't cite chapter and > verse, but this is most certainly documented. > > > > Rick > > > > On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 7:10 AM, Walter Pachl > > <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > In REXX version 1 of this RC-task: > > > > > > > http://rosettacode.org/wiki/Hofstadter_Figure-Figure_sequences#REXX > > > > > > there is this statement > > > > > > rr.=r.; > > > > > > which shows a severe incompatibility. > > > > > > > > > > > > With Regina, this program runs fine. > > > > > > With ooRexx it fails! > > > > > > > > > > > > The reason is that the above is NOT an assignment > > > > > > but it makes rr. a synonym/alias for r. > > > > > > > > > > > > I skimmed the ooRexx reference and could not find a > > > > > > description of this fact. > > > > > > > > > > > > Besides: This IS a bit of a surprise and what I > > > > > > don't quite understand what this is good for. > > > > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Walter ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ One dashboard for servers and applications across Physical-Virtual-Cloud Widest out-of-the-box monitoring support with 50+ applications Performance metrics, stats and reports that give you Actionable Insights Deep dive visibility with transaction tracing using APM Insight. http://ad.doubleclick.net/ddm/clk/290420510;117567292;y _______________________________________________ Oorexx-devel mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/oorexx-devel
