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From: knut-skog%rglab.uit.uninett@NORUNIX.BITNET (Knut Skog)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.news
Subject: Surprising  NeWS - feature
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Date: 20 May 89 01:24:06 GMT
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Have a look at this reprint of a small session with NeWS.


     " NeWS> /y 5 def
       NeWS> createevent begin /y 2 store end y =
       2                                      % OK
       NeWS> /z 5 def
       NeWS> createevent begin  z =
       5                                % OK
       NeWS> /z 2 def end
       NeWS> createevent begin /z 2 store end z =
       5                                 % ????????
       NeWS>  "

Can anybody tell me why the createevent operator is effected
by my careless def-ing of z into the eventdict.  I expected
to get a 'dictfull' message.  However, it looks as if
the defing effects the uninitiated eventdict so that all
later eventdicts  created now has the this  z-field. This will
last until the server is reinitiated (I think).
It is easy to make a def where you mean store. If this happens
when the current dict is an event dictionary the side-effect is
rather surprising.
I'm grateful if some of you would comment on this feature.
I myselfe tend to believe that it is a bug.

Krg,

Knut