Re: Dynamic vs. static variable namespace clash

Mark Taylor <[email protected]> Thu, 26 Oct 2017 03:50:19 +0100 (BST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.java.jel.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Konstantin,

On Wed, 25 Oct 2017, Konstantin L. Metlov wrote:

> Dear Mark !
> 
> I've implemented and committed the feature you requested. You can see it
> here http://svn.savannah.gnu.org/viewvc/jel/trunk/ or you can check it out
> and build the updated library yourself with "ant dist-test". The change
> (if you are interested) boils down to adding a single condition to an
> already existing test.
> 
> Now, having a formal parameter list after a name instead of generating an
> error aborts the dynamic variable match, which implies the resolution of
> the name in the static/dynamic library. In case of no formal parameters
> the DV would overshadow the variables from static/dynamic library as
> intended and documented.

Fabulous!  I'm travelling now so it will probably be a week or so
before I try it out, but I'm sure it will work as advertised
(I'll let you know if I have problems).
Many thanks for implementing this!

Best wishes,

Mark

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