I like the "Don"!
R.E. Boss > -----Oorspronkelijk bericht----- > Van: programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com > [mailto:programming-boun...@forums.jsoftware.com] Namens Greg Borota > Verzonden: vrijdag 5 april 2013 15:49 > Aan: programm...@jsoftware.com > Onderwerp: Re: [Jprogramming] Obtaining the file path of an ijs file > > Sneaky trick. I like it. Thanks Don for clarifying this. > > > On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 8:32 AM, Dan Bron <j...@bron.us> wrote: > > > > Anyways, if you are not in a function > > > definition it uses the name you > > > are assigning to as a name in the > > > current locale. > > > > Yes, but an important clarification for newcomers to J is that the normal > > script loading mechanisms, load'script.ijs' and require'script.ijs' (this > > latter one could be named loadOnlyOnce) wrap your scripts in function > > definitions. > > > > This fact is transparent to the user, and has almost no material > > implications, except that it permits local assignments in a script, outside > > of function definitions in that script, to act as true-blue locals. They > > exist and act normally during the script loading phase, and evaporate > > thereafter. > > > > And, since the J IDE uses load and require to run (temporary) scripts > > during development, you can use local names with abandon, and they won't > > pollute any namespace. This allows the IJS window to function as a really > > nice scratchpad. > > > > -Dan > > > > Please excuse typos; composed on a handheld device. > > > > On Apr 5, 2013, at 9:17 AM, Raul Miller <rauldmil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > Anyways, if you are not in a function definition it uses the name you > > > are assigning to as a name in the current locale. > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
