Going back to the original issue regarding the error when loading a
standalone application from the command line...
The problem would be avoided if the local 'helper' assignments (like
that for 't' preceding 'type' in stdlib.ijs) were made global. Would it
be possible to consider making those changes in the library scripts in
the next release? Alternatively, identify them in the documentation so
we can avoid using those variable names as locale specific, persistent
globals in our applications.
Thanks.
Norman
Oleg Kobchenko wrote:
--- Raul Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 8/7/07, Roger Hui <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
There have not been any changes in the interpreter
in this regard. Perhaps the defn of "load" was changed
and that could have changed the behaviour. Or perhaps
you did your experiments using "load", thinking that
it was equivalent to 0!:0@< .
On reflection, I have realized that this latter is the case:
I was thinking that the local context I saw when using
'load' was a property of 0!:0 rather than being a consequence
of load having an explicit (rather than tacit) definition.
And this realization is what I referred to as unveiling the
misconception about the 0!:0 context.
It might have been rooted in some written documentation,
because this misconception is universal. We need to look at
various places where 0!:0 and scripts are mentioned.
Or probably, the truth is not straight and clear enough.
The reality turns out to be much simpler.
This mechanism of local script variables visible to
the scope of the loading function may have some interesting
applications, such as custom loaders which can be
parameterized with temporary local variables defined
in the script(s).
Or it could be thought of functions mutating their bodies
at run time with code from nouns or even script files.
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