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∆IDLOC emulation is incomplete (to put it mildly)

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Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Newbie friendliness
25/100
Issue type
Bug
Clarity
Needs clarification
Activity status
Stale
Domain
tooling

Research direction

Start by reproducing the two supplied ∆IDLOC examples in APL+Win and Dyalog APL, then locate the repository entry point for the emulation. Done means the emulation's result agrees with the expected outputs shown in the issue.

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Description

APL+Win:

   ∇ FOO
[1]   ⎕←⎕IDLOC 'AAA'
   ∇
      AAA←123
      FOO
¯1 2

Dyalog APL:

     ∇ FOO
[1]    ⎕←#.A2K.∆IDLOC'AAA'
     ∇
      AAA←123
      FOO
2 ¯1
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APL
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