--- Dan Bron wrote: > Of course, there could be a happy middle ground. Perhaps we could make > certain > displays, like extended integers, less ambiguous, while leaving others, like > text-vs-numbers, the way they are now. > > Or we could leave the J engine untouched and just customize the front ends, > e.g. to display extended integers with a different background color.
I like the idea of using colour to provide further information on item properties. Would it be possible to extend the values possible in Edit|Configure|Color|Items to include things like "extended integer", "rank 0 array", "rank 1 array"? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
