Created <https://sourceforge.net/p/oorexx/feature-requests/859/>, commit
[r13027] implements it.
It may take some time until Jenkins creates this ooRexx version and uploads it to Sourceforge at:
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/5.2.0beta/>. Please test the command line
version of "-o" on as many platforms and as good as you can!
Any feedback and suggestions are welcome.
---rony
On 20.10.2025 15:25, Rony G. Flatscher wrote:
Will be preparing a commit for the Rexx launcher "rexx.[exe]" for testing.
Here is the output of entering just "rexx":
G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0>bin\rexx
Syntax is "rexx*[-o[g] "options"]* filename [arguments]"
or "rexx -e program_string [arguments]"
or "rexx -v".
The new optional command line options are:
* -o (override package options of program in filename only, do not change the
package options of
any called or required programs from it)
* -og (override globally the package options: all programs that get loaded or
required)
Here is a test Rexx program ("testarg.rex"):
parse version v
parse source s
say "version:" pp(v)
say "source :" pp(s)
say
parse arg args
say "arg() :" pp(arg()) "args="pp(args)
if .local~hasentry("SYSCARGS") then
do
say ".sysCargs~items:" .sysCargs~items
tab="09"x
do counter c1 a over .sysCargs
say tab 'arg #' c1~right(2)":" pp(a)
end
end
else
say "sysCargs: NO arguments, hence no sysCargs!"
say
say
say "digits():" digits() "1000/1713:" pp(1000/1713)
::routine pp
return "["arg(1)"]"
Here is the command and its output (Windows):
G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0>*bin\rexx testargs.rex ab cd
"oha dackel" nixi noxi*
version: [REXX-ooRexx_5.2.0(MT)_64-bit 6.05 18 Oct 2025]
source : [WindowsNT COMMAND
G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex]
arg() : [1] args=[ab cd oha dackel nixi noxi]
.sysCargs~items: 5
arg # 1: [ab]
arg # 2: [cd]
arg # 3: [oha dackel]
arg # 4: [nixi]
arg # 5: [noxi]
digits(): 9 1000/1713: [0.583771162]
Here, the command its output is using -o (Windows):
G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0>*bin\rexx /-o "::OPTIONS digits 27 trace
label"/ testargs.rex ab cd "oha dackel" nixi noxi*
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
version: [REXX-ooRexx_5.2.0(MT)_64-bit 6.05 18 Oct 2025]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
source : [WindowsNT COMMAND
G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg() : [1] args=[ab cd oha dackel nixi noxi]
.sysCargs~items: 5
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg # 1: [ab]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg # 2: [cd]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg # 3: [oha dackel]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg # 4: [nixi]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
arg # 5: [noxi]
>I> Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
<I< Routine "PP" in package
"G:\oorexx.tmp\oorexxBuild\debug64_branches_5_2_0\testargs.rex".
digits(): 27 1000/1713: [0.583771161704611792177466433]
Will clean and tidy up the code in the next available time slot (may take quite some time) and
commit it such that Jenkins can start to build and test the builds for all the many operating
systems it supports, such that anyone interested in this can download it and test.
Once that is done, the documentation needs to be updated accordingly, and a few more unit tests
created.
---rony
On 16.10.2025 14:01, Rony G. Flatscher wrote:
As I could run the full test suite on Windows successfully, I will commit the code and related
unit tests in a short while.
Here a synopsis:
The .Package class gets two new protected methods:
* the protected class method "globalOptions" which allows to query and
set override package
options and an override count which controls whether the override
package options get
applied whenever a program/package gets newly called or required:
globalOptions(option[,newValue])
o option "OverridePackageOptions" (only first capital letter needed):
returns a string
formatted as an "::OPTIONS" directive showing all options and their
values; if one
supplies "newValue" it needs to be a string formatted as an
"::OPTIONS" directive,
which will be used from then on to override the internal package
options on newly
called or required programs.
o option "CountOverride" (only first capital letter needed): returns
the current
countOverride value; if one supplies "newValue" it needs to be a
whole number. If
countOverride is 0, then no overrides take place. If count Override
is a positive
number n, the overrides take place n times. If count is a negative
number like -1,
then the overrides take place forever ("globally").
* the protected instance method "options" which allows to query and set
(individual)
package options for the package: options ([option[,newValue]])
o (no arguments): returns a string formatted as an "::OPTIONS"
directive showing all
options and their values
o "All" (only first capital letter needed): this option mandates
"newValue" which can
be one of "Condition" or "Syntax"; it sets all conditions (Error,
FAilure,
Lostdigits, NOString, NOTready, NOValue) to "newValue"; it is an error to
omit "newValue"
o "Digits" (only first capital letter needed): returns the current
digits() setting; if
"newValue" is given it must be a positive whole number that is
larger than fuzz()
o "Error" (only first capital letter needed): returns current
condition's setting
("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it must be either
"Condition"
or "Syntax"
o "FAilure" (only first two capital letters needed): returns current
condition's
setting ("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it
must be either
"Condition" or "Syntax"
o "FOrm" (only first two capital letters needed): returns the current
form() setting
(either "SCIENTIFIC" or "ENGINEERING"); if "newValue" is given it
must be either
"Scientific" or "Engineering"
o "FUzz" (only first two capital letters needed): returns the current
fuzz() setting;
if "newValue" is given it must be a zero or a positive whole number
that is smaller
than digits()
o "InitialPackageSettings" (only first capital letter needed):
returns a string
formatted as an "::OPTIONS" directive showing all options and their
values; one must
not supply a "newValue" which would be regarded as an error
o "Lostdigits" (only first capital letter needed): returns current
condition's setting
("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it must be either
"Condition"
or "Syntax"
o "NOString" (only first three capital letters needed): returns
current condition's
setting ("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it
must be either
"Condition" or "Syntax"
o "NOTready" (only first three capital letters needed): returns
current condition's
setting ("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it
must be either
"Condition" or "Syntax"
o "NOValue" (only first three capital letters needed): returns
current condition's
setting ("CONDITION"=default, "SYNTAX"); if "newValue" is given it
must be either
"Condition" or "Syntax"
o "Prolog" (only first capital letter needed): returns current
prolog s setting
("PROLOG"=default, "NOPROLOG"); if "newValue" is given it must be either
"Prolog" or
"Noprolog"
o "Reset" (only first capital letter needed): returns a string
formatted as an
"::OPTIONS" directive showing all options and their values; one
must not supply a
"newValue" which would be regarded as an error
o "SetPackageOptions" (only first capital letter needed): returns a
string formatted
as an "::OPTIONS" directive showing all options and their values
and sets the package
options to "InitialPackageSettings"; one must not supply a
"newValue" which would be
regarded as an error
o "Trace" (only first capital letter needed): returns a single
letter indicating the
trace option in effect ("A", "C", "E", "F", "I", "L", "N", "O", "R"); if
"newValue"
is given it needs to be one of "All", "Commands", "Error",
"Failure",
"Intermediates", "Labels", "Normal", or "Off"
To get at this version, check back with
<https://sourceforge.net/projects/oorexx/files/oorexx/5.2.0beta/> in a little while, as Jenkins
will create and test ooRexx on many operating systems each time commits occur to ooRexx' trunk.
---rony
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