> I want to avoid maintaining different versions of scripts for j602 and j7
as far as feasible.

stdlib is loaded by default for both J6 and J7. You can safely remove
references to load or require it from both versions.

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 10:08 AM, Ian Clark <earthspo...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > both verbs load and require come from stdlib, so that either it will
> fail...
>
> ...I see, whereas in j602 they were defined in jadefull.ijs .
>
> >why did you need it?
>
> Because scores of my scripts contain it, and will run unaltered
> otherwise. I'd rather not have to go changing (eg)
>   require 'files stdlib'
> to:
>   require 'files'  NB. (I see that works in fact!)
>   require '~system/main/stdlib.ijs'
> everywhere it occurs. I want to avoid maintaining different versions
> of scripts for j602 and j7 as far as feasible.
>
> Since stdlib can be taken for granted, I guess just to ignore it in
> require will suffice.
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 1:17 AM, bill lam <bbill....@gmail.com> wrote:
> > J7 could be changed to ignore instead of raise an error for it.  However
> > both verbs load and require come from stdlib, so that either it will fail
> > or just a no-op, why did you need it?
> >
> > Сбт, 03 Дек 2011, Ian Clark писал(а):
> >> Can I offer a suggestion which would assist the porting of j602 code
> >> to j7 jhs? ...
> >>
> >> As it stands,
> >>    require 'stdlib'
> >> -won't work in j7 jhs: it incorrectly locates: 'stdlib'. Ditto:
> >>    require 'stdlib files'
> >>    load 'stdlib'
> >>
> >> Can we have these idioms supported in j7 jhs as they are in j602 please?
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