JfC Ch 29, Changing the Current Locale, says: Whenever a named entity finishes execution, the locale is restored to its original value, even if the entity changed the current locale.
Henry Rich > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > Thomas Costigliola > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 1:56 PM > To: Programming forum > Subject: [Jprogramming] Strange Locale Behavior > > This seemed a little strange to me, it does what I expect > only when executed directly and not when called as a name. > Here is my session. > > llcur =: (18!:5)@(''"_) > llnew =: (18!:3)@(''"_) > llchg =: (18!:4) > > (][ [EMAIL PROTECTED])@llcur > (] [ [EMAIL PROTECTED])@llcur > +---------------------+-+-----+ > |+-+-+---------------+|@|llcur| > ||]|[|+-----+-+-----+|| | | > || | ||llchg|@|llnew||| | | > || | |+-----+-+-----+|| | | > |+-+-+---------------+| | | > +---------------------+-+-----+ > (] [ ([EMAIL PROTECTED]))@llcur > > > (][ [EMAIL PROTECTED])@llcur'' > +----+ > |base| > +----+ > llcur'' > |value error: llcur > | llcur'' > 18!:5'' > +-+ > |1| > +-+ > 18!:4<'base' > > NB. THAT IS WHAT I EXPECTED TO HAPPEN... > NB. BUT WHEN I ASSIGN IT TO A NAME... > > NewLocale =: (][ [EMAIL PROTECTED])@llcur > > 18!:1]1 > +-+-+-+ > |0|1|2| > +-+-+-+ > > NewLocale'' > +----+ > |base| > +----+ > llcur'' > +----+ > |base| > +----+ > > 18!:1]1 > +-+-+-+-+ > |0|1|2|3| > +-+-+-+-+ > > NB. IT DID NOT CHANGE LOCALES, > NB. BUT IT DID CREATE ONE! > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see > http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
