OpenEuphoria

RE: built in routine id's

• Posted by Chris Bensler <bensler at mail.com> Mar 22, 2002
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Bernie Ryan wrote:
> 
> Chris:
>    Why would you need a routine_id of a built-in function
>    when you can over-ride any built-in function and replace
>    it or change something before or after calling it.
> Bernie
> 
> 
> 

It was a question, not a demand :) Just curious.
The question arrived because I didn't know I could wrap the builtins.
The only reason it dawned on me to try, is because I remember someone 
mentioning a LLOONNGG time ago that it's possible to override the 
builtins.
Is that documented?

More than anything, it seems odd not to support referencing of builtins. 
We can reference any other routine, and we can override the builtins, 
why not allow referencing them?

I wouldn't mind seeing that, but it doesn't make it into my Euphorian 
Dream :)

Chris Bensler
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My Euphorian Dream:
1 : sequence subscripting in the trace facility
2 : function result indexing
3 : slicing shorthands
4 : relational operators for sequences
5 : assignment on declaration
6 : vertical slicing
7 : leading commas for assignments
8 : with/without short_circuit
9 : NULL value for unassigned variables