I reported this as a bug years ago. No rationale I can think of, except perhaps “unlocking” is done by the frontend, as opposed to the engine?
-Dan > On Oct 22, 2015, at 12:40 PM, Thomas Costigliola <[email protected]> wrote: > > Attempting to run a locked script from a noun doesn't work: > > 0!:1]3!:6 'sum=:+/' > > � > > |spelling error > > | � > > > I understand there might not have been an apparent use case for this, but > is there a technical or security reason for the restriction? > > > I need to read the contents of a locked script into a noun but not execute > it until a later time at which the file will no longer be accessible. This > seems easy to implement in the interpreter, but I was wondering if there > was something I am overlooking that makes it difficult or undesirable. > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
