A more dependable arbiter of what is and what is not
a recognizable token is the monad ;: 

   ;:'(:.}.)'
+---+--+-+
|(:.|}.|)|
+---+--+-+

BTW, ;: is modelled on the ;: dictionary page.
http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/d332.htm
You can see from the model that ( and ) are not
distinguished.  (But "N" and "B" are!)



----- Original Message -----
From: June Kim <[email protected]>
Date: Wednesday, April 29, 2009 7:18
Subject: [Jprogramming] Parsing bug on (:.
To: Programming forum <[email protected]>

> I wanted to make an adverb with obverse. However, when preceded 
> by a
> parenthesis, it results in a spelling error.
> 
>    (:. }.)
> |spelling error
> |      (:. }.)
> |      ^
>    ( :. }.)  NB. when there is a blank inbetween, 
> no error
>  :.}.
> 
> I think this is a bug, since (:. isn't a recognizable token.
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