My co-worker (I'll have to try and entice him to join the list!) also pointed out that you can QUIT out of different "levels" in Cache to achieve the same effect.
Again, my point is not to say that one platform is better or worse than the other, only to point out the implementation difference. Personally, I think programmer mode ought to be in the standard -- but what does this mean for compiled platforms like GT.M? --- Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Fair enough. By "oddity" I meant something that is different. I am > NOT > claiming that one implementation or the other is correct -- only that > they are dfifferent. > > If there's "room for intetrpretation" here, that's at least food for > thought when we consider reconstituting the MDC. > > Personally, I *LIKE* the ability to NEW variables in programmer mode > when trying things out or making calls to other APIs. > > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > ...why is the oddity in DSM? In the past I have discovered > instances > > in which DSM was the only implementation of M in which the standard > > was correctly implemented. The 'oddity' was in all the other > > systems. Go figure.... ??? > > > > Not having a standard document at hand, I am wondering where in the > > standard is the 'programmer mode' mentioned at all. > > > > Regards, > > > > Richard. > > > > > > From: Greg Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Date: 2005/03/10 Thu PM 04:36:15 GMT > > > To: Hardhats <[email protected]> > > > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Another oddity - scope of NEW in DSM > > > > > > A co-worker just pointed out the following oddity that occurs in > > DSM, > > > but not in Cache: > > > > > > > > > >N A S A=100 W A > > > 100 > > > >N A S A=100 > > > > > > >W A > > > > > > %DSM-E-UNDEF, undefined variable A > > > -DSM-I-ECODE, MUMPS error code: M6 > > > > > > > > > > Reviewing sections 7.1.2.2 and 8.2.14 of the standard, it's not > > clear > > > to me that the scoping rules in programmer mode are clearly > > defined. > > > > > > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his > > forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli > > > ==== > > > Greg Woodhouse > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > > users. > > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading > > now. > > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > > [email protected] > > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > > users. > > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading > now. > > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > > _______________________________________________ > > Hardhats-members mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > > > > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. > --Benjamin Disraeli > ==== > Greg Woodhouse > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide > Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real > users. > Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. > http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click > _______________________________________________ > Hardhats-members mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members > A practical man is a man who practices the errors of his forefathers. --Benjamin Disraeli ==== Greg Woodhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Hardhats-members mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/hardhats-members
