On Mon, 06 Jul 2009, Sherlock Ric wrote: > Which proposal for name changes in task.ijs is preferable, A or B? > > Current interface > spawn - runs command in host, waits & returns stdout > shell - runs command in shell (cmd for Windows) waits & returns stdout > fork - runs command, doesn't wait, returns '' > launch - opens file with associated application > > Proposal A: > (wouldn't break existing code) > Leave "shell", "fork" & "launch" as is. > Create "host" or "hostcmd" as alias for "spawn", deprecate "spawn". > > Proposal B: > (would match Dictionary terminology better) > Leave "shell" and "launch" as is. > Rename spawn to "host" or "hostcmd" > Rename "fork" to "spawn".
I prefer leaved that to chris for decision on change in task because it is used in other scripts in jal. btw I patch task.ijs each time I updated the base library so that it isn't an issue for me. -- regards, ==================================================== GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
