Re: [q-lang-users] Q 7.8 RC1 is out

[Albert G. <Dr....@t-...>]

Albert Graef wrote:
> The only known backward compatibility issues are due to the new slim
> prelude. You are kindly asked to check your scripts with -w to see
> whether any of the following explicit imports may be needed with the new
> version: getopt.q, stdtypes.q, system.q.

More precisely:

- If your program uses the getopt function: import getopt;
- If your program uses any of the POSIX system functions: import system;
(Usual/most likely suspects are: regex, glob/fname, ctime/localtime,
socket, open, system, exec, rename/unlink/chdir.)
- If your program uses any of the Array, Bag, Dict, HDict, Heap and Set
types: import stdtypes; (Or 'import array', 'import bag', etc., if you
don't need the entire container collection.)

You'll have to add the necessary import clauses to every module in your
program which produces a warning message about an undeclared function
symbol with -w. (Quick method: Just adding 'import getopt, system,
stdtypes;' at the beginning of each script should make *all* old scripts
work, simple as that.)

HTH,
Albert

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Dr. Albert Gr"af
Dept. of Music-Informatics, University of Mainz, Germany
Email:  Dr....@t-..., ag...@mu...
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