Re: [Bug-apl] Locked Functions

[David B. Lamkins]

This was covered quite a while back, Mike; you probably missed it.

Not hiding the content of a locked function is intentional as it goes against 
the spirit of open software.

Take a look at quad-FX: the optional left argument can be used to prevent 
suspension. I use this in the iso-apl-cf package.

On Tue, Sep 08, 2015 at 06:33:08PM -0700, Mike Duvos wrote:
>    The workings of locked functions are supposed to be completely
>    concealed from the user, and if an error appears in one, it is
>    considered to have occurred in the line invoking the locked function,
>    as if it were a primitive.
>    We can see this in APL2.
>          ∇FOO
>    [1]   BAR⍫
>          ∇BAR
>    [1]   →1∇
> 
>           FOO
>    INTERRUPT
>          FOO
>          ^
> 
>    In GNU APL, however, we can get suspensions in locked functions and the
>    things they call on our state indicator.
>          FOO
>    ^CATTENTION
>    BAR[1]  →1
>             ^
>          )si
>    BAR[1]
>    FOO[1]
>    ⋆
>    I was wondering what the standard says about this, as it is definitely
>    contrary to the APL2 documentation.