Re: [Bug-apl] defn error with ⍝

[Juergen Sauermann]

Hi Elias, no, that is just fine. /// Jürgen On 01/29/2017 05:18 PM, Elias Mårtenson wrote: I always put the terminating ∇ on its own line. In fact, that's how I coded the Emacs mode to behave. Should I change this? On 30 January 2017 at 00:05, <enz...@gmx.com> wrote: *shakes fist at ibm apl2*    i guess the fns i was doing it in was before 2014  -   luckily it is the only one to modify On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 16:56:20 +0100 Juergen Sauermann <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote: > Hi, > > the original post was referring to the behavior of IBM APL2. > > I just re-checked it, and IBM APL2 closes an open function if you enter ∇, even if the > ∇ belongs to a comment. > > In a way ∇ has a special meaning for the editor, just like ESC in vi. > > /// Jürgen > > > > > > > > On 01/29/2017 03:59 PM, enz...@gmx.com wrote: > > Hi Juergen, > > I looked at the http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-apl/2014-07/msg00249.html   and that is what i am 'using' as a programming technique - that ∇ is in a uncommented line > > my 2nd ∇ is in a comment and should be ignored > > this is more how i use it in code    i would uncomment the 2nd line   ⍝ '⊂⌸⋸' ∇  and comment the 3rd line   'aaa' ∇ > > this is more like how i would code > > ∇im > ⍝ '⊂⌸⋸' ∇ >  'aaa' ∇ > > > ∇im >   '⊂⌸⋸' ∇ > ⍝ 'aaa' ∇ > > > On Sun, 29 Jan 2017 14:08:06 +0100 > Juergen Sauermann <juergen.sauerm...@t-online.de> wrote: > > Hi, > > which one? > > The first ∇ opens function im > > The second ∇ is at the end of the comment and closes the function and                           <---- it is at the end of a comment and should not close the function > brings you back to immediate execution. > > The third ∇ is the one below the comment line. It opens a function without a name, > which raised the DEFN error, just like: > >       ∇ > DEFN ERROR+ >       ∇ >       ^ >       )MORE > Bad function header > > In earlier versions of GNU APL the ∇ in the comment would belong to the function and > be ignored by the ∇-editor. > > But then there was a request in bug-apl that a ∇ in a line of an open function should > not be parsed but instead close the function, which it now does. See > > http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-apl/2014-07/msg00249.html > > /// Jürgen > > > On 01/29/2017 02:20 AM, enz...@gmx.com wrote: > > could someone give me a heads up why the ⍝ doesn't cover the ∇ in the line? > > #! im > > ∇im >  ⍝ '⊂⌸⋸' ∇ > ∇ > > )copy im > DUMPED 2017-01-28 18:17:02 (GMT-7) > DEFN ERROR+ >       ∇ >       ^ > > > > > > >