very confusing. maybe a bug?! ;-) some while later..
if not, note 'save is paired with 'load .
in the saved file there are no brackets around, as in
save/header %out.dat sprops []
but after loading you have all in a block again.
so you can do
sprops: LOAD %in.dat
this seems to work ok too:
save/header %out.dat compose/deep [ sprops: [(sprops)] ] []
instead of:
save/header %out.dat compose/deep [ [(sprops)] ] []
evil magic :)
you wanted a "sprops:" in your save for doing, hopefully?
[REBOL [title: "the save/load - demo"]
pdo: func [a] [print ">>>" probe a print "===" do a]
write %in.dat {
REBOL []
sprops: [ 1 [ a ] 2 ]
}
pdo[print read %in.dat]
pdo [sprops: do %in.dat
?? sprops]
pdo [save/header %out.dat sprops []
print read %out.dat
print "---"
probe load %out.dat
]
pdo [save/header %out.dat compose/deep [sprops: [(sprops)]] []
print read %out.dat
print "---"
probe load %out.dat
]
]
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote at 3-Aug-2000/9:24:35-7:00
> Thanks for the 'compose lesson. I've never had to use it.
> I can get something close to what I want, but I still am having
> trouble getting the following to work.
>
> Here is one file %in.dat:
>
> REBOL []
> [
> ss
> [
> item1 "hello"
> item2 "goodbye"
> ]
>
> other
> [
> n "bad"
> ]
> ]
>
>
>
> Fine. Now a console session....
>
> >> sprops: do %in.dat
> == [
> ss
> [
> item1 "hello"
> item2 "goodbye"
> ]
> other
> [
> n "bad"
> ]
> ]
>
> >>save/header %out.dat sprops []
>
> Here is what %out.dat then contains:
>
> REBOL []
>
> ss
> [
> item1 "hello"
> item2 "goodbye"
> ]
> other
> [
> n "bad"
> ]
>
> Not what I want. I want (expect) to see exactly what is in
> the file %in.dat. So I say, OK, use compose/deep to enclose
> the thing in a block. The following:
>
> >>save/header %out.dat compose/deep [(sprops)] []
>
> gives the same %out.dat as before. And this:
>
> >>save/header %out.dat compose/deep [[(sprops)]] []
>
> makes %out.dat look like the following:
>
> REBOL []
> [[
> ss
> [
> item1 "hello"
> item2 "goodbye"
> ]
> other
> [
> n "bad"
> ]]]
>
> As you can see there are is now an extra enclosing block instead of just
> one!!!
>
> How do I save sprops, which has the exact form I want, to %out.dat so it
> looks exactly like %in.dat???
>
> TIA,
>
> Rodney
>
Volker
