On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 07:19:31PM -0600, Patrick R. Michaud wrote: : S06:2362 says: : : You can get the current routine name by calling C<&?ROUTINE.name>. : (The outermost routine at a file-scoped compilation unit is always : named C<&MAIN> in the file's package.) : : Is this the same MAIN that is described later in : "Declaring a MAIN subroutine"? It seems like that : section describes MAIN subroutines that are lexically : nested within the mainline code of the outermost : file-scoped compilation unit, and it seems a little : confusing if both are called MAIN. : : I'm guessing that the statement at S06:2362 is an artifact of : an earlier draft that didn't have the section on MAIN subroutines, : but I'm wanting to verify that this is the case (or seek further : clarification if it isn't).
That's correct. We could fix it two ways. Either the mainline code gets a consistent new name, or the outermost scope is redefined to an INIT if there is a user-defined MAIN. I can argue it both ways. Larry
