From: arne@vajhoej.dk   
      
   On 12/6/2025 10:33 AM, Arne Vajhøj wrote:   
   > On 12/6/2025 5:42 AM, Marc Van Dyck wrote:   
   >> User written lexical functions, on the other hand, would be a real   
   >> bonus. There are, for one, still many parts of the operating system   
   >> for which you need to get information, and the only possible way to do   
   >> it is to parse some output (think of everything TCP/IP, for example),   
   >> while there is a callable interface available to get the info properly.   
   >   
   > Yes.   
   >   
   > And even though it is possible to run an exe that set a symbol   
   > with lib$set_symbol, then getting it as a lexical would make it   
   > more readable.   
      
   Note that VSI could add it to existing DCL:   
      
   f$udl(shrimg, arg1, ...)   
      
   with a convention of entry point:   
      
   int udl$function(int narg, enum dcl_type *argtyp, void *argval, enum   
   dcl_typ *rettyp, void *retval)   
      
   If they wanted to.   
      
   New lexical functions have been added over time.   
      
   Arne   
      
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