[Info-vax] SET DEFAULT iterative logical name translation

[alanfe...@gmail.com]

On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 1:59:06 AM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote:
> On 10/25/2021 9:25 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> > On Monday, October 25, 2021 at 3:47:23 PM UTC-4, Dave Froble wrote: 
> >> On 10/25/2021 2:28 PM, alanfe... at gmail.com wrote: 
> >> 
> >>> But it does a lot more than that. SET DEFAULT had 2 or 3 silly bugs that I figured wouldn't take long to fix. 
> >> What bugs? I've never seen any. 
> > 
> > I posted on earlier in the thread. I think it's even mentioned in the docs once, but I don't recall where and doubt I can find it. 
> > 
> > Here is my summary of them: 
> > 
> > The DCL program SET DEFAULT has two problems with nested logical 
> > names:
> Simple solution, do not use nested logical names ... 

Sure. Just don't use SYS$MANAGER and the like. Right. Actually the problem doesn't affect all nested logical names. No matter. They fixed it anyway. Can't get simpler than that!

Better yet, just get TO.COM! It has way more than just dealing with nested logical names. I hope to release the latest version sometime in next couple of weeks or so. (The link to the version presently online is broken.)

> 
> If you plan on pushing boundaries, expect to find boundaries ... 

???

> 
> I tend to use the KISS principal ...
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