[Jprogramming] key

[Roger Hui]

It'd be a good exercise for somebody.  The main work would be in the code
to "recognize" special cases of f@]/.. rather than f/.  The code is in file
ao.c .


On Tue, Apr 16, 2013 at 5:53 AM, Jose Mario Quintana <
jose.mario.quintana at gmail.com> wrote:

> "
> This does not mean that the J definition or implementation will be changed
> "
>
> Why not?  I would not like to be left behind :)  Compatibility?  It could
> be added as (/..).
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 15, 2013 at 8:43 PM, Roger Hui <rogerhui.canada at gmail.com
> >wrote:
>
> > I have a question concerning your use of *key*.  Do you find yourself
> > wishing that in x f/.y, the f would be invoked with a left argument which
> > is key value corresponding to the items in the right argument?  This does
> > not mean that the J definition or implementation will be changed, but to
> > find out that if I have an opportunity to define/implement key in another
> > context ;-) whether I should consider changing it.
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