Howdy folks.  Does ngn/k support working over dictionaries like kona?  the following doesn't work and I can't find any docs on the subject in the ngn/k repo:

```
\d test
a: 1
b: 2
c: 3
\d ^

tot: +/test[]
```

ngnk test.k
```
'value
 tot: +/test[]
         ^
```

I might be getting my dialects mixed, but if you want to sum the values, I think it's +/ . test

I also think it’s \d . to get back to the root namespace.

tried both suggestions, same error

is there some place I can look for reference?

If you're using repl.k, there is the help `. In particular \v`. When I do that I see that test.a is defined, but I don't see tests defined as a dictionary. I'd have to look at the code to better understand how this works.

It looks like there might not be an actual "K tree" per se, but rather just a way to make variables with dots in their names.

That markup didn't work like I wanted... It should be \ for help and ``\v``` for variables.

``\``
``\v``

apparently test simply does not exist on its own

Ugh.. I'm a mess. What @Bubbler said...

@Bubbler In K2 there was a root dictionary named . and all variable names existed in that. If you used \d then you would be attached to a subtree of that.

Experts are mostly active in the linked Discord and Matrix rooms, so you may have better luck there

I forget what happened if you had a variable named test and then tried to make a namespace named test. Perhaps the latter replaced the former.

test and test.a seem to be simply independent

In K2?

In ngn/k it looks like \d is just a fancy way to get dots into names.

At least it saves you from having to write the prefix over and over in a library.

in ngn/k, since the original question was about it

Yeah, I think the answer to the immediate question is a simple no.

Yeah, \d doesn't do anything but establish a prefix to be used for all names in assignment. AQ(bsd,P(!*s,aCz(gp))s+=*s=='.';Nn=Sn(s);P(n+2>SZ(gp),ez0())Mc(gp,s,n+1);au)

I don't know of any true inspection beyond what's available from the help.

@doug yeh, I think this is the result of an optimization to avoid having to do dictionary lookups at runtime

ergh, I have no idea how to get the matrix link to work

You may have to copy and paste the entirety of https://matrix.to/#/!laJBzNwLcAOMAbAEeQ:matrix.org/$CK-IugAxVbxhONYUgMRVZpBWrhotsEU0hovtiTeyQvk

@coltim you can always name it with [name](https://...) syntax