Dmitry Yemanov wrote:

>"Jim Starkey" <jas@...> wrote:
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>>Huh? That isn't how it works. The default value is evaluated and
>>assigned during record initialization during processing of the store
>>verb. It's never evaluated on fetch.
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>Look at EVL_field.
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I wish I hadn't. It's an open question as to whether which is worse --
the code or the idea.