Try a conjunction and it will not be just x and y that are masked. There is a reason for them being reserved and trying to define this as a bug sounds a bit hollow/strange
2011/9/26 The Geeko <[email protected]> > Björn Helgason <gosinn <at> gmail.com> writes: > > > > > Try defining a conjunction instead of a verb and then you may use the > rest > > of the special letters > > I don't think you understand. I have no problem using any of the letters > {m, n, > x, y, u, v}. I can successfully use any of the 6. (In my case I was using > them > to define nouns; but that does not impact what I am experiencing.) > > The problem is what 2 verbs (i.e., nl and names) report. Unlike another > verb > (i.e., namelist), nl and names fails to display x or y. > > Besides this exception, all 3 verbs (nl, names and namelist) report all > variables (including m, n, u and v). > > So, the discrepancy is this: namelist reports all words; but nl and names > reports all words EXCEPT x and y. > > SOLUTION > -------- > EITHER > (1) Correct the issue with nl and names to report ALL words (i.e., mimic > the > behavior of namelist); > > OR > (2) Modify namelist to have the same defects as nl and names; PLUS modify > all 3 > verbs to omit m, n, u, and v, from the result to be consistent with the > treatment of x and y (thereby, making all 6 words - m, n, x, y, u & v - > unavailable in their results). This would be a kludge, however, since none > of > the 3 are preventing USAGE of the word; they are simply failing to report > the > usage of the word. And, in this case, we are constraining the expressions > which > are permitted by the language, for no good reason. > > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur Fornustekkum II 781 Hornafirði, t-póst: [email protected] gsm: +3546985532 twitter: @flugfiskur http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum /|_ .-----------------------------------. ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | ( -. | `-----------------------------------' | ) | (\_ _/) (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
