What do you mean by "empty path" and what does that have to do with nesting?

Thanks,

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Raul


On Fri, Apr 7, 2017 at 7:48 AM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Doesn't the path system give you all the nesting capability you need?
>
> I don't think it's possible to have no current/implied locale.  I have
> wanted that on occasion & never figured out a way to achieve it.  You
> certainly can have an empty path.
>
> Henry Rich
>
> On 4/7/2017 7:22 AM, Raul Miller wrote:
>>
>> If we *do* change that, then perhaps we should also be thinking about
>> being able to nest locales (much like K's namespaces), also.
>>
>> The current flat arrangement is based on this rationale which we are
>> now questioning.
>>
>> Put differently: we should not simply change how things work without
>> thinking through the implications of that change.
>>
>> (We will also need a way of determining the locale of an anonymous
>> verb, for example. Also: would it be possible to have a locale-free
>> verb? If not, what are the implications of that?)
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>
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