[Jprogramming] {{ }} definitions

[P Padilcdx]

Thank you all for the info. Much appreciated. 

> On Mar 29, 2022, at 10:26 AM, Henry Rich <henryhrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> When you put a stop in name"n, the visual debug tool creates name123 with
> the value formerly in name and defines name=:name123.
> 
> Henry Rich
> 
> On Tue, Mar 29, 2022, 1:07 PM Raul Miller <rauldmiller at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Note however, that the debugger currently is only able to set
>> breakpoints in named explicit definitions. And adding a rank qualifier
>> means that the contained explicit definition is anonymous. And,
>> there's some awkwardness with suspensions (for example, from assert.)
>> in this context, also, that I should probably better understand.
>> 
>> This is not usually a problem, but it can be an issue, so it's
>> something to be aware of.
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> --
>> Raul
>> 
>>> NB. in your script,  say
>>> 
>>> foo =: {{
>>>    x + y
>>> }}"0 1          NB. just as an example! (Not necessarily a sensible use
>>> of rank!)
>>> 
>>> NB. displaying it in the terminal session;  direct definition functions
>>> NB. are displayed as conventional explicit definitions
>>> 
>>>    foo
>>> 4 : '   x + y'"0 1
>>> 
>>> So the rank appears where you would have put it in the old form.
>>> 
>>> Probably in the wiki somewhere!
>>> 
>>> Mike
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> On 29/03/2022 17:42, P Padilcdx wrote:
>>>> Is there a way to declare the rank when using {{ }} definitions? Or is
>> it only possible when defining via “:”?  Apologies if covered in the wiki
>> and I missed it.
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