The names mnuvxy have always been special, giving value error if they
are not defined. I'm not sure that's necessary now, but that's how it is.
The reason for having undefined names stack a reference is so that you
can have recursive definitions. The need for that is less with mnuvxy.
Henry Rich
On 8/16/2022 2:30 PM, David Lambert wrote:
I think you've already explained this, but I don't recall why x and y
should have special status in global namespace. Perhaps I need to
study the current documentation and release notes?
$ j
JVERSION
Engine: j904/j64avx2/linux
Beta-e: commercial/2022-07-16T19:24:59
Library: 9.04.01
Platform: Linux 64
Installer: J904 install
InstallPath: /home/lambertdw/downloads/installs/j904
Contact: www.jsoftware.com
x&y
|value error
| x& y
X&Y
X&Y
i_used_to_be_a_verb
|value error: i_used_to_be_a_verb
Thanks, Dave.
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