Is there any kind of central defect list kept anywhere? On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 4:08 PM, Tracy Harms <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: > It is certainly a benefit to have these reported. > On Mar 17, 2012 2:08 PM, "Devon McCormick" <devon...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> It's not a good advertisement for J when something so simple is so >> clearly wrong. I would certainly rank fixing an obvious bug over, >> say, a performance improvement in a little-used feature like look-up >> of symbolic names. >> >> On Sat, Mar 17, 2012 at 1:26 PM, Tracy Harms <kalei...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > To clarify, I do think 13&: could be improved. I think your examples can >> > help with that. I don't find flaws in this modifier very interesting >> among >> > possible improvement efforts. >> > On Mar 17, 2012 3:45 AM, "Linda Alvord" <lindaalv...@verizon.net> wrote: >> > >> >> David Ward Lambert pointed out the known pitfall that occurs using : >> 13 : >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Would these examples help in correcting the problem? >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y+y' NB. wrong >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> + >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y-y' NB. right >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> -~ >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 0 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y*y' NB. wrong >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> * >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 1 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y%y' NB. right >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> %~ >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 1 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y+y+y' NB. wrong >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> ] + + >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 6 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y-y-y' NB. right >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> ] - -~ >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y*y*y' NB. wrong >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> ] * * >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> why=: 13 :'y%y%y' NB. right >> >> >> >> why >> >> >> >> ] % %~ >> >> >> >> why 3 >> >> >> >> 3 >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Linda >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >> >> >> >> -- >> Devon McCormick, CFA >> ^me^ at acm. >> org is my >> preferred e-mail >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
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