[Jprogramming] Bug/Inconsistency among namelist verbs from z locale

[The Geeko]

Björn Helgason <gosinn <at> gmail.com> writes:

> 
> Try defining a conjunction instead of a verb and then you may use the rest
> of the special letters

I don't think you understand.  I have no problem using any of the letters {m, n, 
x, y, u, v}.  I can successfully use any of the 6.  (In my case I was using them 
to define nouns; but that does not impact what I am experiencing.)

The problem is what 2 verbs (i.e., nl and names) report.  Unlike another verb 
(i.e., namelist), nl and names fails to display x or y.

Besides this exception, all 3 verbs (nl, names and namelist) report all 
variables (including m, n, u and v).

So, the discrepancy is this:  namelist reports all words; but nl and names 
reports all words EXCEPT x and y.

SOLUTION
--------
EITHER
(1) Correct the issue with nl and names to report ALL words (i.e., mimic the 
behavior of namelist);

OR
(2) Modify namelist to have the same defects as nl and names; PLUS modify all 3 
verbs to omit m, n, u, and v, from the result to be consistent with the 
treatment of x and y (thereby, making all 6 words - m, n, x, y, u & v - 
unavailable in their results).  This would be a kludge, however, since none of 
the 3 are preventing USAGE of the word; they are simply failing to report the 
usage of the word.  And, in this case, we are constraining the expressions which 
are permitted by the language, for no good reason.