[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

2003-10-21 Thread Ladislav Mecir
I am interested and I appreciated help from Colin, Pat, or others. The best may be to just send me questions (or suggestions) and I will try to incorporate the answers to the text. Other approaches are possible too. TIA -L > ...and these articles are very valuable even sometimes > (at least for

[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

2003-10-20 Thread "Robert M. Münch"
On Sat, 18 Oct 2003 16:17:35 +0200, Ladislav Mecir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wrote a few articles: Hi Ladislav, I know and these articles are very valuable even sometimes (at least for me) hard to follow. While reading your documents I often think back at university times ;-) How about m

[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 PROTEC

[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

2003-10-18 Thread Ladislav Mecir
Hi Robert, > Hi, even doing Rebol for several years now, I'm hit by the question > "hmm... is this now a reference or a copy?". Especially in complicated > cases, where you work a lot with blocks, inserts, copying etc. it's easy > to loos track (at least IMO). > > Things get even more complicate

[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

2003-10-18 Thread Anton Rolls
You should write a script that tests each function in a list to see if it makes a copy or not. The results could then be generated into a document form for easy reading. It would be easy to update then, when rebol changes (new functions added, old functions changed). Anton. > Hi, even doing Rebo