:: - execute a symbol from a nested namespace
A/name :: -> executes A::name (symbol "name" from namespace "A")
A/B/name :: -> executes A::B::name
A/B/C/name :: -> executes A::B::C::name
A/B/C/D/name :: -> executes A::B::C::D::name
SLI ] /A namespace
SLI ] /B namespace
SLI ] /myvar 23 def
SLI ] end
SLI ] end
SLI ] A/B/myvar :: =
-> 23
SLI ] /X namespace
SLI ] /var_in_x 23.5 def
SLI ] /Y namespace
SLI ] /func {var_in_x =} def
SLI ] end
SLI ] end
SLI ] X/Y/func ::
-> 23.5
The :: operator looks up and executes a symbol from a nested namespace.
The normal rules for symbol execution apply, i.e.
• if the symbol is a variable, its value is returned.
• if the symbol is a routine, it is executed.
The symbol is executed in the full nested context, i.e.
if you call a routine "A/B/C/routine ::", the routine can
access symbols from namespaces "A", "B" and "C" as if
the namespaces had been opened in this order.
"A/B/.../name ::" is equivalent to:
/A namespace
/B namespace
...
name
...
end
end
The lookup is safe in the sense that, if the symbol cannot be found,
the scope will stay unchanged, so that the user can safely recover
from the error. If however the called symbol is a routine and this
routine raises an error, the user will find the interpreter at the
scope of the nested routine.
A,B,C,D: nested namespaces
name: name of the symbol to look up and execute
If the symbol cannot be found at the specified nested position,
/UnknownMember is raised. In this case, the operand and dictionary
stacks will stay unchanged, so that the user can safely recover from
the error.
If the called symbol is a routine and this routine raises an error,
the scope will be that of the nested routine.
Currently implemented up to a depth of four nested namespaces.
Ruediger Kupper
17-jun-2008
/var/www/debian/nest/nest-simulator-2.20.0/lib/sli/library.sli