[4242] in Athena Bugs
6.4R zwgc: `default' is read-only variable
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Ken Raeburn)
Thu Feb 15 17:37:17 1990
Date: Thu, 15 Feb 90 17:36:53 -0500
From: Ken Raeburn <Raeburn@ATHENA.MIT.EDU>
To: bugs@ATHENA.MIT.EDU
Although zwgc isn't supposed to have read-only variables, it complains
of a syntax error if you try to assign to "default" in a set
statement.
Marc and I had a look at the lexer; "default" is a keyword (which is
out of place in the set statement context).
The solution *may* be to let some keywords be treated as variable
names, depending on context; this will require thought.
(Meanwhile, $default can still be side-effected by the functions that
modify arguments in addition to returning values. Yuch bletch barf,
etc.)
