The word Hallvard
Dixit Carl (21.01 16.12.2004): >I'm not sure if anyone has been annoyed by REVERSE returning >the tail position. I know I have. Everywhere I see REVERSE used >like this: ... head reverse foo. > >It's my fault. I defined REVERSE like this for the same reason I defined >INSERT and other series functions to do the same: to not lose "information" >(in other words to preserve the ending location). But, that feature is= rarely, >if ever, used (in REVERSE that is). > >I'm inclined to change it to return the starting location, but I thought it= =20 >might >be good to discuss this openly. Will such a change break existing code? >It could, if anyone uses the result of REVERSE. But, that would surprise= me. >I've never used it in "millions" of lines of code. (That's like dog years.) > >It's a small thing, but I don't like new users to get annoyed with stuff=20 >like this. > >"Say the word, and it will be done by sundown today." > >-Carl > >--=20 >To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request >at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject. Pr=E6tera censeo Carthaginem esse delendam -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to rebol-request at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
