I think 9!:32/33 are not implemented in 602 and 701 releases. This could be confirmed by experimentation of by looking at the GPL source. I also would very much like to see the feature that you are talking about and it is on my todo/wish list, but not right away.
On Thu, Sep 20, 2012 at 5:17 PM, Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> wrote: > I couldn't get 9!:32 33 to work in J6.02 - I couldn't create a timer error. > > I can't tell from the description whether they will do what I want. I want > to be able to set a time limit on a verb run as part of a function. The > discussion of 9!:32 33 talks a lot about immediate execution, while I want > to use it many times within the execution of a single immex line. > > Henry Rich > > > On 9/20/2012 8:15 AM, Henry Rich wrote: >> >> Thanks, that's exactly what I need. >> >> Henry Rich >> >> On 9/20/2012 12:38 AM, Gilles Kirouac wrote: >>> >>> Henry >>> >>> Did you look at 9!:32 33? >>> >>> It may not have the wanted granularity under Windows though. >>> >>> ~ Gilles >>> >>> >>> ---------- Original Message ----------- >>> From: Henry Rich <henryhr...@nc.rr.com> >>> To: Programming forum <programm...@jsoftware.com> >>> Sent: Wed, 19 Sep 2012 16:30:33 -0400 >>> Subject: [Jprogramming] Execution with time limit >>> >>>> I have uses for a conjunction u (6!:4) n defined as 'execute u, but >>>> give a timeout error if execution lasts more than n seconds'. >>>> >>>> I can see 2 uses: first, my immediate need, where I want to run lint >>>> on a program that has a long-running sequence. I would like to halt >>>> execution of any verb that takes more than 0.5 seconds. >>>> >>>> Second, in any interactive system it might be desirable to halt a >>>> process that takes too long. >>>> >>>> This would be fairly easy to implement, I expect, and I'd try it if >>>> Jsoftware would solve the problem of how to make official changes. >>>> >>>> Henry Rich >>>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm >>> >>> ------- End of Original Message ------- >>> >>> ---------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
