[REBOL] Re: SQL (was choice of representation which was paths lookups change)

2003-10-25 Thread Ashley Truter
Hi Brett, /c/rSQL/Contacts/Name.s24 which tells me that the Contacts table has a string column of 24 characters width named Name. That's an innovative convention! Wasn't clear to me though what that particular file actually stored - all rows of a single column of data in a fixed width

[REBOL] Re: choice of representation - was paths lookups change

2003-10-24 Thread Ashley Truter
Hi Brett, a topic near and dear to me ;) For me, I find the model I choose is impacted by: - data structure - volume - time [development] - performance requirements - whether the data is static / dynamic For key / value pairs I might use: states: [VIC Victoria NSW New South Wales]

[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

2003-10-18 Thread Ashley Truter
Hi, even doing Rebol for several years now, I'm hit by the question hmm... is this now a reference or a copy?. Looks like you need to use the (non-existant) reference? and a copy? functions ;) Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL

[REBOL] Re: Cunning use of [], () {} in R# and in future? Rebol versions?

2003-10-15 Thread Ashley Truter
X: [a b c] == [a b c] X[2] == b In other words, by running the block hard against the word, it's like: pick X 2 Why not simply use path (x/2 in the example above) notation, it saves a character at least. ;) As for finding other uses for [], () {}, if it makes sense in a

[REBOL] Re: Blind resizing

2003-10-09 Thread Ashley Truter
Hi Patrick, From the rebol documentation (http://www.rebol.com/docs/changes.html#section-5.7): bin: make binary! 2 ; (auto expands if necessary) image: load %fred.gif save/png bin image Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an

[REBOL] Re: IDIOMS: setting multiple words

2003-10-09 Thread Ashley Truter
Hi Gregg, Like others I tend to prefer the: foo: copy [] bar: copy [] baz: copy [] idiom for most cases. I often find my style changes depending upon chosen word size: variable-number-1: none variable-number-2: none variable-number-3: none for

[REBOL] Re: VID newbie question

2003-10-02 Thread Ashley Truter
What is the name of that style button and are there any more pre-defined styles for buttons? view layout [ button toggle btn tog btn green 22x22 ; a round btn ] Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL

[REBOL] to-number does not work

2003-09-30 Thread Ashley Truter
I get the following with 1.2.10.3.1: to-integer 1 == 1 to-decimal 1 == 1 to-number 1 ** Script Error: Cannot use to on datatype! value ** Where: to-number ** Near: to number! :value Anybody else sent this to feedback yet? Regards, Ashley -- To unsubscribe from this list, just