Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Chip Davis
Ah. I see. Then, in the immortal words of Emily Litella, "Never mind". -Chip- On 9/22/08 21:48 Rick McGuire said: > These are C APIs I'm talking about. It's not possible to add an > option to these and maintain binary compatibility with existing > applications. A new API that behaves the way

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Using String as Symbol

2008-09-22 Thread Jack Woehr
Rick McGuire wrote: > There are a couple of ways. You can use a message object to do a > dynamic invocation. the forward instruction can also be used: > Ah, right. If I'd just hit my head against the keyboard a few more times I would have figured that out. It's been a long day, thanks! -- J

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Using String as Symbol

2008-09-22 Thread Rick McGuire
There are a couple of ways. You can use a message object to do a dynamic invocation. the forward instruction can also be used: forward to(object) message(some expression) array(arg, arg, arg,...) Rick On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 6:47 PM, Jack Woehr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My brain hurtz, too

[Oorexx-devel] Using String as Symbol

2008-09-22 Thread Jack Woehr
My brain hurtz, too much Object Rexx today :) I want to call a class method using a string, something like: .(some_expression)~new(arg, arg ..) e.g. .(my_instance~my_attribute())~new(...) How to use a string an environment/classname symbol? -- Jack J. Woehr# "Self-delusion

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Rick McGuire
These are C APIs I'm talking about. It's not possible to add an option to these and maintain binary compatibility with existing applications. A new API that behaves the way we wish it to behave really is the only option. Rick On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 5:13 PM, Chip Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Chip Davis
Well, you know you can trust me to have an orthogonal take on this... IMHO, the only problem with the OS/2-style RexxCreateQueue is that it tries to subsume two discrete operations: 1) verifying whether a queue by the supplied name already exists, and 2) creating a new queue. This is a fine ide

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread David Ashley
I am ok with RexxNewQueue as well. Thanks, W. David Ashley IBM Systems and Technology Group Lab Services Open Object Rexx Team Mobile Phone: 512-289-7506 "David Ruggles"

[Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Support for building the external test binaries in ooTest

2008-09-22 Thread Mark Miesfeld
Hmm, I didn't realize messages weren't making it to the list. Not sure if anyone saw this or not, so I'm resending it. -- Mark Miesfeld -- Forwarded message -- From: Mark Miesfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM Subject: Support for building the external

[Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Support for building the external test binaries in ooTest

2008-09-22 Thread Mark Miesfeld
-- Forwarded message -- From: Mark Miesfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:50 AM Subject: Re: Support for building the external test binaries in ooTest To: ooRexx Dev List On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:36 AM, Mark Miesfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have adde

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Mark Miesfeld
On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 8:39 AM, Moritz Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Rick McGuire wrote: >> I'd like to create a new version of the API... > > I'd vote for RexxOpenQueue() as it is short and may also include the > process of creating the queue. Opening files also creates them, thus I > thi

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Moritz Hoffmann
Rick McGuire wrote: > I'd like to create a new version of the API (and expose it in the > RxQueue() function and the RexxQueue class) that behaves the way > people generally want this to work, which is to make sure that the > queue exists. This is fairly easy to dothe biggest hang up is > what

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version ofRexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread David Ruggles
In that case what about "RexxCreateNewQueue"? I know it's much longer but in rexx it would be obj~createnew which seems reasonable to me. Thanks, David Ruggles CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ Network EngineerSafe Data, Inc. (910) 285-7200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rick

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Rick McGuire
That's not too bad, but it's something that should translate well into a method name on the .RexxQueue classand "NEW" is sort of already taken. Rick On Mon, Sep 22, 2008 at 10:05 AM, David Ruggles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about "RexxNewQueue" ? > > Thanks, > > David Ruggles > CCNA MC

Re: [Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread David Ruggles
What about "RexxNewQueue" ? Thanks, David Ruggles CCNA MCSE (NT) CNA A+ Network EngineerSafe Data, Inc. (910) 285-7200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: Rick McGuire [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 22, 2008 9:32 AM To: Open Object Rexx Developer Mai

[Oorexx-devel] Fwd: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue

2008-09-22 Thread Rick McGuire
Ok, third attempt at getting this to the list. The sourceforge mail server migration is supposed to be complete now. Rick -- Forwarded message -- From: Rick McGuire <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 11:20 AM Subject: Need a name for a new version of RexxCreateQueue