Greg;
It is ugly. No question about it. Better to just do a call out with a
special call syntax.
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From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: [Hardhats-members] Backward compatible extensions to MUMPS?
> I didn't know that. It's kind of ugly, but it could be useful.
>
> Maybe this seems like a small point, but what I have in mind is
> creating a new version of the language without breaking compatibility.
> Having to use an escape mechanism like that is at least mildly
> abrassive because it implies that new language features are things that
> don't count as part of the language. That's very different from saying
> that they belong to a newer version of the same language.
>
> --- Chris Richardson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Greg;
> >
> > There is already a means of breaking out to other languages
> > in-line (at
> > least the start of a mechanism). See the SQL standard concerning
> > interface
> > with MUMPS. I believe we passed some standards work on this about
> > 1990.
> > It goes something like this;
> >
> > &&SQL{
> > SQL Code follows
> > } ; To break out of the SQL and back to MUMPS.
> >
> > There was also accommodation to pass arguments in, but the return
> > of a
> > value was still in progress (if memory serves).
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Greg Woodhouse" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Hardhats" <hardhats-members@lists.sourceforge.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2005 9:19 AM
> > Subject: [Hardhats-members] Backward compatible extensions to MUMPS?
> >
> >
> > > Someone (James Gray?) mentioned that Cache uses braces to delimit
> > "new"
> > > code (and presumbly they serve as block delimiters, too). I had
> > been
> > > thinking of a command that could be used to put the interpreter in
> > > "compatibility mode" (rather like 8088 compatibility on a Pentium),
> > but
> > > this solution does seem simpler.
> > >
> > > But, in any case, the language can certainly be extended without
> > > breaking VistA.
> > >
> > >
> > > ===
> > > Gregory Woodhouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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