OpenEuphoria

Re: Wishlist

• Posted by Irv Mullins <irvm at ellijay.com> Jun 28, 2001
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On Thursday 28 June 2001 01:42, daryl_vdb at HOTMAIL.COM wrote:

> I agree - new keywords must be created for namespaces.  It would, however,
> be nice if Euphoria could remain backwards-compatible. IOW, if it
> encounters a symbol defined with the same name as a keyword, assume the
> program was made for an earlier version of euphoria and allow it.  And give
> a warning, of course.

Hmmm. We're probably saving Rob a lot of time by discussing all possible 
repercussions of these changes. Maybe we could earn smiley bucks?

If the new keywords are made a part of the Euphoria "base", then they 
can be overridden, and there's currently a message which warns that 
this is happening. 

If, however, they are provided in an "include" - like machine.e, get.e, etc...
then they cannot be overridden. 

So I guess it's up to Rob. I personally think all overrides - no matter where 
they come from - should be handled consistently.

Regards,
Irv