6.3. Specifying Extensions in Regina

In Regina there are three level of extensions. Each independent
extension has its own name. Exactly what an independent extension
is, will depend on the viewer, but a classification has been done,
and is listed at the end of this chapter.

At the lowest level are these “atomic” extensions.  Then there are
some “meta-extensions”. These are collections of other extensions
which belongs together in some manner. If you need the extension
for creating “buffers” on the stack, it would be logical to use
the extension to remove buffers from the stack too. Therefore, all
the individual extensions for operations that handle buffers in
the stack can be named by such a “meta-extensions”. At the end of
this chapter, there is a list of all the meta-extensions, and
which extensions they include.

At the top is “standards”. These are sets of extensions that makes
the interpreter behave in a fashion compatible with some standard.
Note that “standard” is used very liberally, since it may refer to
other implementations of REXX. However, this description of how
the extensions are structured is only followed to some extent.
Where practical, the structure has been deviated.



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