World: r3wp

Being able to browse by Product, Class, Type, etc. would be really 
nice!

Someone posted this to the ML...

I can Encap: [ title 
program 1.0" ]
I gives an error of memory management. is this a bug ?"


I know I ran into this as well but I don't remember what the work 
around is and I can't seem to find it.  This bug doesn't appear to 
be in RAMBO...

I was helping him, but didn't see the same trouble.

that problem should be fixed in the latest sdk betas.

In #3639, Oldes asks for a request-dir, same as request-file. I've 
always wanted these to be implemented in rebol. So I created my own, 
based on scroll-table.

do http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/util/demo-request-dir.r

(Tested most recently on View 1.2.57.3.1e)

>> do http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/util/demo-request-dir.r
connecting to: www.lexicon.net
Script: "Demo request-dir" (28-Dec-2003)
Script: "scroll-table style" (7-Mar-2004)
Script: "List Sort Button" (10-Dec-2003)
Script: "header-group" (7-Feb-2004)
connecting to: www.lexicon.net

Include: Couldn't load-thru http://www.lexicon.net/anton/rebol/util/request-dir.r
** Script Error: request-dir has no value
** Near: request-dir/initial %./

The url in the "Include" line is wrong : there is "anton" and upper, 
there is "antonR"

I think Carl posted a REQEUST-DIR to the ml long ago too, didn't 
he?

*REQUEST-DIR

And I have modified it and put back in the library.

http://www.rebol.org/cgi-bin/cgiwrap/rebol/view-script.r?script=request-dir.r

DideC, I moved site. You must update. Do this, then try again:

load-thru/update http://www.reboltech.com/index.r[folder "Anton"]

(and sorry about that - one day soon, all this will not be necessary)

(err. [foler "Anton"] is not necessary in the above line, but it 
will still work)

Yes ok, it works now, thanks.
There is not only folders in your request-dir ?!!

eh? what do you mean ? Oh do you mean you can also see files at the 
bottom of the list ? Yes, that is by design. But the directories 
are the only items that are selectable. It always annoyed me not 
to be able to see all the contents of a directory in other directory 
selectors.

About incompatibility between versions of Rebol;  I think Rebol could 
benefit, as I have gleaned from other projects out there, from a 
strict cycle of 1/ feature additions,  2/ bug fixes,  and maybe 3/ 
a final category for "difficult" additions or changes (causing incompatibility 
with prior versions).

>> site
== http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/
>> site/1.s3m
** Syntax Error: Invalid decimal -- 1.s3m
** Near: (line 1) site/1.s3m

paths too strict again ? (did I bring this up before  ?)

Hard to fix though, because I think a LOAD is done on each path element.

>> site:  http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/
== http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/
>> site: join site {1.s3m}
== http://www.lexicon.net/antonr/rebol/1.s3m

Why does everyone try it that way, Anton?

Anton: good point, i think that the path loader could be more relaxed 
on 2nd to last slot.

Also if i always thought that this file/url paths are a little strange.

I'll make a RAMBO ticket then. Any objections?

None from me, but no one answered why peeps use site/whatever instead 
of join site {whatever}

Your question was ambiguous (ie. which way were you referring to 
- the first or second way?). Anyway, the answer is: "Less typing".

ah.. sorry lol

Posted the ticket.

I don't like this behaviour:
>> 2147483648
== 2147483648.0
I would prefer an integer!

me too. I wanted it for the EAN13 barcode generator

that can't be a signed integer

Apparently decimals have more precision or something:
>> 1234567890123
== 1234567890123.0
>> to-integer 1234567890123
** Math Error: Math or number overflow
** Where: to-integer
** Near: to integer! :value

more precision, and they remember the decimal point. and throw away 
the littlest digits.

Sorry Romano, I meant it to be negative. -2147483648 becomes a decimal! 
too. This is a problem for code that deals with flags etc. I have 
some code for FMOD and one of the flags uses the highest bit, but 
it gets loaded to a decimal! :-/  I do not wish to make a special 
test for that case. I wonder if this behaviour is really necessary, 
so I would like to make a wish report.

anton: i think that bug is on rambo already, posted by romano.

Anton you can use bitsets and to-binary bitset! to handle flags it 
should make your life easier.

it is not a wish it is a bug :-)

romano, which one?

- 2147483648

indeed, 3646 is a bug, not a wish.

A work-around!?
>> i: -2147483647
== -2147483647
>> i: i - 1
== -2147483648
>> type? i
== integer!

Yeah, I know there's workarounds, but I don't wish to have to use 
them.

Gabriele: mmm, it is not stated quite the same. Romano's bug report 
#3646 asks for an overflow error (and I agree), but I want that when 
-2147483648 is loaded it should remain an integer!  (It looks that 
Romano agrees with me.) Could that be added to the report ?

hmm, yes, and there's #3520 which is about the same issue but not 
exactly worded as you wish. well, let's just make a new ticket and 
reference #3646 and #3520 in it.

My bug about -2147483648 is more old, is 3099 and is set as "Done" 
also if it is not done or it is done in the wrong way.

that a bug from the rebol-view altme tracker... i guess it was misunderstood.

Yes, I think #3099 was misunderstood, and this is the report that 
agrees most with me. It should be changed from "Done" to "Issue"/"Bug".

who's car will I have to wash to get a RAMBO account? :-)

Do you want to submit a bug ? I'm pretty sure you don't need an account 
to do that (although it *looks* like you do).