On Tue, Apr 12, 2011 at 2:35 AM, Steven Taylor <[email protected]> wrote:
> The domain error occured while trying to use `symname instead of s: '
> symname'.  I guess this is not defined (pity).

` is a separator, for composing gerunds, it needs something on both
sides.  (You can use '' on one side if you only want one item in your
list, but I am pretty sure that it does not generate symbols.)

> The syntax error occurs when I try to be sneaky and define ` as a verb.
> Probably this is not allowed.  Please confirm.

Correct.

> NB. so lets try to define ` as a verb.  Is there a limit on which characters
> can form a verb?
>   `=: s:
> |syntax error
> |   `=:s:

Names which can be assigned need to begin with a letter and must be
followed by alphanumeric characters (in addition to letters you can
use digits 0-9 and _ though be cautioned that when you have two _ in
the name that sometimes has special significance (those times are:
when one of the _ is final or when two _ are adjacent.))

I hope this helps,

-- 
Raul
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