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Revision as of 06:40, 27 April 2022
⎕ML ⎕EL ⎕CS
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Migration level (⎕ML
, ⎕EL
, ⎕CS
), Evolution level, or Compatibility setting is a number that, in Dyalog APL, APL+Win, and APLX respectively, specifies exact behaviour relative to APL2. In Dyalog APL and APL+Win, a lower value represents a behaviour closer to the original NARS specification, while a higher the value represents a behaviour closer to APL2. In APLX, a lower value matches APL2 while a higher value indicates higher backwards compatibility with APL.68000.
APL+Win settings
[TBD]
Dyalog settings
Dyalog APL currently offers the following settings:
⎕ML=0
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Z←∊R
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Monadic ∊ is interpreted as Type rather than Enlist.
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⎕ML=1
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Default behaviour | |
⎕ML≥2
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Z←↑R
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Monadic ↑ is interpreted as First rather than Mix.
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Z←⊃R
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Monadic ⊃ is interpreted as Mix rather than First.
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Z←≡R
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Monadic ≡ returns a positive rather than a negative value, if its argument has non-uniform depth.
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⎕ML=3
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R←X⊂[K]Y
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Dyadic ⊂ is interpreted as Partition (⊆ ) rather than Partitioned Enclose.
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⎕TC
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The order of the elements of ⎕TC is the same as in APL2.
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Work-arounds
When migrating to Dyalog APL, the below drop-ins for the affected built-ins allow setting ⎕ML←1
while preserving code behaviour. It is then safe to programmatically (as shown in the rightmost column) change all occurrences of the affected built-ins with their respective covers.
Migrating from | Define | Then run this on all code |
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⎕ML=0
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Epsilon←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺∊⍵ ⋄ ⊃0⍴⊂⍵} |
'''[^'']+''' '∊'⎕R'&' 'Epsilon'
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⎕ML=2
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UpArrow←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺↑⍵ ⋄ ⊃⍵} RightShoe←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺↑⍵ ⋄ ↑⍵} EqualUnderbar←|≡ |
'''[^'']+''' '↑' '⊃' '≡'⎕R'&' 'UpArrow' 'RightShoe' 'EqualUnderbar'
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⎕ML=3
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UpArrow←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺↑⍵ ⋄ ⊃⍵} RightShoe←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺↑⍵ ⋄ ↑⍵} EqualUnderbar←(|≡) LeftShoe←{×⎕NC'⍺':⍺⊆⍵ ⋄ ⊂⍵} quadTC←(⎕UCS 8 13 10) |
'''[^'']+''' '↑' '⊃' '≡' '⊂' '⎕TC'⎕R'&' 'UpArrow' 'RightShoe' 'EqualUnderbar' 'LeftShoe' ' quadTC'
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Alternatively, the definitions can be used directly inside the text substitutions, whereby one avoids polluting existing code with these cover names.
APLX settings
APLX treats the value as a collection of individual bits, thus allowing the combination of an exact set of behaviours:
⎕CS←1 |
Stranding is done before bracket indexing |
⎕CS←2 |
The name class of an invalid name is 4 rather than ¯1. |
⎕CS←4 |
Format (⍕ ) and default output uses the same width for all columns, rather than determining the width separately for each column.
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External links
Documentation
APL glyphs [edit] | |
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Information | Glyph ∙ Typing glyphs (on Linux) ∙ Unicode ∙ Fonts ∙ Mnemonics ∙ Overstrikes ∙ Migration level |
Individual glyphs | Jot (∘ ) ∙ Right Shoe (⊃ ) ∙ Up Arrow (↑ ) ∙ Zilde (⍬ ) ∙ High minus (¯ ) ∙ Dot (. ) ∙ Del (∇ )
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