From time to time I have advocated the development of custom symbol tables to support:
* The global declaration of constants
* Explicit data typing of variables, including support for pointers
* Definition of record structures and structure field names
* Direct handling of system calls from within TranscriptI am now at the point where I intend to flesh out the symbol table concept in greater detail, create a working symbol stack the Run Rev team could use as a starting point when adding symbol table support to the compiler, and post the full proposal on Bugzilla.
Rather than work in a vacuum and have others who have an interest in this point out the shortcomings of my proposal after it is released, I hereby extend an invitation to anyone with a strong interest in variable typing and accessing O/S calls directly in Transcript to join a [hopefully] small, [for sure] private group to address these issues jointly.
Anyone who would like to participate should eMail me privately. --
Rob Cozens CCW, Serendipity Software Company http://www.oenolog.net/who.htm
"And I, which was two fooles, do so grow three; Who are a little wise, the best fooles bee."
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