I second Martin's comments about being wary of another level of meta-language for basic script load.
There might be good arguments for custom loaders that handle things like this and more. But let's not overload load! On Wed, May 9, 2018 at 6:34 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > Ian Clark wrote: > > > >Can I propose we agree to alter the stdlib verb: (load) to provide a way > to > >stop loading a given script? > > > > @@NB. stop loading at this line > > > >certainly does that, but generates an unwelcome "syntax error". This can > >interfere with calling processes. > > I'd be wary of establishing a meta-language/notation controlling script > loading. Enough tools exist to deal with your stop line, for example: > > 0!:101 ({.~ I.@('@@'&E.)) 1!:1 <'yourscript.ijs' > 0!:101 [ 2!:0 'sed "/^@@/{s///;q}" yourscript.ijs' > > Martin > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
