Not really a nested definition, but a sequential one. When the
interpreter sees x : 0, it drops what it's doing and reads lines from
the input. When it finds ), it resumes what it was doing.
(0 : 0) ; (0 : 0)
line 1
)
line 2
line 3
)
┌──────────────┬───────┐
│line 2 line 3 │line 1 │
└──────────────┴───────┘
Henry Rich
On 10/30/2011 9:11 AM, Brian Schott wrote:
> Ric,
>
> Thank you for posting these links. In the first link is a verb named
> parameterizedVerb_ddp_ and an adverb name defn_ddp_ created by Dan in
> http://www.jsoftware.com/svn/DanBron/trunk/environment/parameterized_verbs.ijs
> . It looks to me as if Dan has found a way to nest two explicit
> definitions there because at that link under the section "EXAMPLE
> SECTION", the verb parameterizedVerb has two separate line beginning
> with a single paren.
>
> Could someone verify that this is or is not a nested definition and if
> so explain how it is done, please?
>
> On Sun, Oct 30, 2011 at 1:18 AM, Ric Sherlock<[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Multiple%20Verb%20Arguments
>> http://www.jsoftware.com/jwiki/Guides/Defining%20Verbs
>
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