I have, at least, produced code which includes L:_1 in a context in which
it is not equivalent to &.>.

Have you considered to get what you want without potentially breaking
existing code (e.g., giving meaning to imaginary whole numbers for the
right argument of L:)?

(It seems that you wrote L" instead of L: a couple of times in the
description of your proposal.)

On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 3:29 PM, Henry Rich <[email protected]> wrote:

> I think negative level is wrongly defined.  (u L:(-r) y)  applies u at
> level ((L. y) -r), which measures from the bottom of the tree.  What I want
> is a form that applies u two levels down, say, which I can't get now.  I
> propose to change L: to do what I want.
>
> Has anyone found a use for L:(-r) using the current definition?
>
> My proposed change is described at https://code.jsoftware.com/wik
> i/System/Interpreter/Requests#Change_definition_of_negative_
> level_.28strawman.29
>
> Henry Rich
>
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