Re: [Bug-apl] user defined functions using Unicode math chars

[Ala'a Mohammad]

Hi Juergen,

Thanks for the prompt response.

How unfortunate, otherwise it will allow extending language's
terseness and allowing for more compact solutions.

Thanks again.

Regards,

Ala'a

On Sat, May 14, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Juergen Sauermann
<address@hidden> wrote:
> Hi Ala,
>
> the allowed characters in variable names are defined in the ISO standard and
> √ is none of them. Unicode characters can be used inside strings, like in
>
>       VAR ← '√'
>
> but not otherwise.
>
> /// Jürgen
>
>
>
> On 05/14/2016 12:27 PM, Ala'a Mohammad wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm trying to define user functions using some unicode characters, but
> gnu-apl complains about the characters used not being from the defined
> acceptable set:
>
> √ ← {⍵ ⋆ ÷2}
> Unknown APL character: √ (U+221A)
> Non-APL character
>       ∛  ← {⍵ ⋆ ÷3}
>
> Unknown APL character: ∛ (U+221B)
> Non-APL character
>
> Is this a requirement by the standard?
>
> Regards,
>
> Ala'a
>
>
>