Henry Rich wrote (slightly re-ordered): > Isn't it plain that you could define a conjunction !.. (rank mu lu ru) > such that u!..n is the same as u, but with n used as the framing fill?
Martin Neitzel <[email protected]> wrote: > Frame filling during result assembly happens outside of a verb > working at its rank mlr. You simply cannot have your u!..n at the > same rank as u because it wouldn't stand a chance to look at "fill > space". It would have to be at rank _ _ _ . You wouldn't even need a new conjunction. You could define m!.v to yield a verb of rank _ _ _ that frames v the same way Rank (either explicit or implicit) does, except using m as the fill element rather than the default one. > I wouldn't stick this functionality onto !. because a rank change > not associated with this modifier otherwise. There should be no problem with having u!.n and m!.v return verbs of different ranks (one infinite, one not). This is already done for u&n and m&v (which are infinite) while u&v is not. -- Mark D. Niemiec <[email protected]> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
