I try when possible to avoid exporting function names. If the user wants to run finesse in the package bridge, he can write
finesse_bridge_ can't he? If he wants to cover that with a name in z, that's his business. Henry Rich On 10/9/2011 12:57 PM, Ian Clark wrote: > That's the long way round. (I reckon I can do that.) > > I only need the warning (for the end-user). Plus maybe the names > clashed (for the customer to give to the helpline). > The aim is to help with new customers hitting time-consuming > installation problems. > > > 2011/10/9 Björn Helgason<[email protected]>: >> Do you need to get a copy of all the objects? >> >> Would it be enough to have a database with information about the objects? >> >> In the case of verbs you could place a copy of the visual representation of >> the verb into a noun and take its vital info into the database. >> >> You could then put a time stamp on the info when you registered the info. >> >> 2011/10/9 Ian Clark<[email protected]> >> >>> As a (paranoid?) safety device in a "fit'n'forget" utility, I'm trying >>> to write code to go in a given script which will warn when that script >>> will unintentionally alter -- or has altered -- an existing name in >>> the _z_ locale. >>> >>> NB: "alter", not merely "overwrite" -- though a slick way of detecting >>> overwrite would be worth knowing too. APL+Win attaches a timestamp to >>> each fn, which makes this task easy. >>> >>> It would be nice not to have to maintain -- by-hand -- an explicit >>> list up-front, of names created by the script. >>> >>> An allied question: how best can I "snapshot" a given locale -- such >>> as _z_? That is: create a second temporary locale _sav_ with identical >>> contents? I can only think of brute-force: enumerating the names in >>> _z_ and copying them one-by-one to _sav_. >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Björn Helgason, Verkfræðingur >> Fornustekkum II >> 781 Hornafirði, >> t-póst: [email protected] >> gsm: +3546985532 >> twitter: @flugfiskur >> http://groups.google.com/group/J-Programming >> >> >> Tæknikunnátta höndlar hið flókna, sköpunargáfa er meistari einfaldleikans >> >> góður kennari getur stigið á tær án þess að glansinn fari af skónum >> /|_ .-----------------------------------. >> ,' .\ / | Með léttri lund verður | >> ,--' _,' | Dagurinn í dag | >> / / | Enn betri en gærdagurinn | >> ( -. | `-----------------------------------' >> | ) | (\_ _/) >> (`-. '--.) (='.'=) ♖♘♗♕♔♙ >> `. )----' (")_(") ☃☠ >> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
