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Note differences between dzaima/APL and Dyalog APL
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* A ''broken'' round parenthesis creates a [[namespace]] if every diamond/line break-separated statement is a ''name-value pair''. | * A ''broken'' round parenthesis creates a [[namespace]] if every diamond/line break-separated statement is a ''name-value pair''. | ||
* A ''broken'' round parenthesis creates a [[vector]] if every diamond/line break-separated statement is a value expression. In that case, every such statement forms an [[element]] in the resulting vector. | * A ''broken'' round parenthesis creates a [[vector]] if every diamond/line break-separated statement is a value expression. In that case, every such statement forms an [[element]] in the resulting vector. | ||
* A ''broken'' square bracket creates a an [[array]] where every diamond/line break-separated statement forms a [[major cell]] in the resulting array. | * A ''broken'' square bracket creates a an [[array]] where every diamond/line break-separated statement forms a [[major cell]] in the resulting array.<span id=minrank1>[[#minrank1note|*]]<span> | ||
* <source lang=apl inline>()</source> is equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>(⎕NS 0⍴⊂'')</source> | * <source lang=apl inline>()</source> is equivalent to <source lang=apl inline>(⎕NS 0⍴⊂'')</source> | ||
* A ''name-value pair'' consist of a valid APL identifier, followed by a <source lang=apl inline>:</source> and a value expression. | * A ''name-value pair'' consist of a valid APL identifier, followed by a <source lang=apl inline>:</source> and a value expression. | ||
<span id=minrank1note>[[#minrank1|*]]</span> This rule is followed strictly in [[dzaima/APL]], while [[Dyalog APL]] considers each statement to have a rank of at least 1, even if it is a [[scalar]]. | |||
=== Formal syntax === | === Formal syntax === | ||