Fair enough, though I can't work out whether the dictionary agrees with NuVoc here or not. Either way, which definition of frame is correct? On 15 Jan 2016 3:48 pm, "bill lam" <[email protected]> wrote:
> For J implemention, the only authority is the J dictionary since > it defines the J language. You need not worry anything else. > > http://www.jsoftware.com/help/dictionary/dictb.htm > > Пт, 15 янв 2016, Matthew Baulch написал(а): > > I assume the intended definition of 'frame', in relation to verb > arguments, > > is that given on > > > > http://code.jsoftware.com/wiki/Vocabulary/FramingFill > > > > I'm just trying to understand verb/argument combinations with empty > > frame--the most common case, I suppose. > > > > From the wording "each argument is ... an array of [r-cells]. The frame > ... > > is the shape of this array of [r-cells]", it seems that a frame should > > never be empty, but in fact have a minimum shape of '1'. Of course, this > > ties into the wording of many other statements. In the case of dyadic > > verbs, for instance, > > > > "frames must agree ... they must be identical or one must be a prefix of > > the other" (stated in link above) > > > > as opposed to > > > > "frames must agree ... one must have shape 1 or be a prefix of the other" > > (the way I see it, assuming equality implies prefix-of) > > > > Can anyone shed some light on this? Is there an important reason for this > > convention that I'm missing, or is it of little consequence? > > > > I'm implementing (or trying to...) a subset of J for the JVM, and this is > > one little detail that's bothering me. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Matt Baulch > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > > -- > regards, > ==================================================== > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3 > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --armor --export 4434BAB3 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
