It depends on what class the value of name is:
verbs cannot return verbs. So conjunction is used:

   of=: 2 : 'm,''_'',(":>n),''_'''

   n1_abc_=: 123
   v1_abc_=: +
   
   'n1' of 'abc'
n1_abc_
   ('n1' of 'abc')~
123
   
   'v1' of 'abc'
v1_abc_
   ('v1' of 'abc')~
+
   100 ('v1' of 'abc')~ ('n1' of 'abc')~
223
   
   o=. conew 'ptest'
   ('n2' of o)
n2_1_

   ('n2' of o)=: 456
   ('v2' of o)=: -

   ('n2' of o)~ ('v2' of o)~ 400
56

   ('codestroy' of o)~''
1
   n2_1_
|locale error
|       n2_1_


--- "Miller, Raul D" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
> >What are we trying to achieve here?
> Given a name and a locale, a mechanism to create a reference 
> to the named member of that locale which remains valid in an
> arbitrary locale.
> -- 
> Raul



 
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