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[#Red] Red language group

Bo
8-Feb-2013
[5486]
What am I missing?
Kaj
8-Feb-2013
[5487x2]
You can't use path notation on types. I've been trying to coerce 
Doc into implementing that, but he doesn't want to. :-/
So you have to use an extra WITH g [...]. You can combine that as 
WITH [gdk g] [...]
Bo
8-Feb-2013
[5489]
Aha!  That did the trick!
Kaj
8-Feb-2013
[5490x3]
By the way, if you only use images, you could do with including only 
GDK.reds. That would cut down on the dependencies
Instead of your struct definition, you can use g-error-reference! 
which is already defined in GLib.reds
There's an example of using load-image in GTK.reds in the icon function
Bo
8-Feb-2013
[5493x4]
Thanks!  When I use load-image, it looks like it is returning a pointer. 
 Is that correct?
For instance: 00DFD2B8
If 'load-image returns a pointer, how do I know when I have reached 
the end of the image?
Better yet, assuming 'load-image returns a pointer, how do I access 
the first memory location referenced by the pointer?
Kaj
8-Feb-2013
[5497x3]
See the function spec in GDK.reds. It returns a pointer to an image! 
struct, so if you want to access the image internally, you have to 
go by that struct definition
As you can see in the same file, I haven't finished the definition 
of that struct, because I don't have to look inside the image
What is your goal?
Kaj
9-Feb-2013
[5500]
Doc, could you bring lex-scope up to date with master? Then I can 
start testing it
DocKimbel
9-Feb-2013
[5501]
Done.
Kaj
9-Feb-2013
[5502]
Thanks! Been anxiously awaiting those fixes
DocKimbel
9-Feb-2013
[5503]
I'm working on fixing #405 too in the lex-scope branch. Once that 
done, I will merge it in master if there is no regression.
Kaj
9-Feb-2013
[5504]
I figured so
DocKimbel
9-Feb-2013
[5505]
I might add #374 too the list too as it is related to scoping.
Kaj
9-Feb-2013
[5506x4]
I hoped so :-)
No build regressions in a full build run
Oddly, there's a build regression in a GTK program just for Syllable, 
which is not even a valid combination
I can't replicate it
Bo
10-Feb-2013
[5510]
I want to be able to compare two images pixel-by-pixel.
Kaj
10-Feb-2013
[5511x4]
Ah, that's relatively easy, because you don't have to know the image 
format. At least not if you can compare byte values instead of strict 
pixels
So you only have to look in the GDK/GLib headers to finish the image! 
struct definition enough to know the data length
Have to run
Do you only want two know if two images are the same? Then why not 
just read the files and compare them?
Bo
10-Feb-2013
[5515]
Actually, I want to know which pixels are different between the two 
images. Thanks for the tips!
Kaj
10-Feb-2013
[5516x2]
You'd have to know GDK's internal image format, then
Perhaps there are more suitable functions in Oldes' ImageMagick binding
Bo
10-Feb-2013
[5518x2]
I'll take a look.
Looks like ImageMagick will do the trick, if I can just figure how 
to translate the tutorials from C to Red/System.
DocKimbel
11-Feb-2013
[5520]
Kaj: are we good with the fixes in lex-scope branch? If all is fine, 
I will merge it tonight.
Kaj
11-Feb-2013
[5521]
Yep, it's starting to look good. I'll build the examples once more
DocKimbel
11-Feb-2013
[5522]
Great, I'll add a few binding tests from the tickets, then I'll do 
the merge.
Kaj
11-Feb-2013
[5523x3]
No build problems
I'm happy to report that literal arguments work now. For example:
cycle: func ["Cycle a series through its index."
	'series [word!]
	/local s
][
	either tail? s: get series [
		set series  next head s
		first head s
	][
		set series  next s
		s/1
	]
]
DocKimbel
11-Feb-2013
[5526x2]
Nice one!
Branch `lex-scope` merged in master.
Kaj
11-Feb-2013
[5528x2]
It seems that the optional attributes and function description are 
swapped in Red/System compared to REBOL. Is that intentional?
http://www.rebol.com/r3/docs/concepts/funcs-defining.html#section-1
DocKimbel
11-Feb-2013
[5530x2]
Yes, it makes it easier and faster to find optional attributes this 
way.
We could change it though, it's no significant impact on the compiler.
Gregg
11-Feb-2013
[5532]
I believe REBOL allows either order, so it's just the docs that say 
it has to be that way.
Kaj
11-Feb-2013
[5533]
I like the REBOL order better in the formatting of the program
Gregg
11-Feb-2013
[5534x2]
I can see arguments both ways. Attrs are short, and having them first 
makes them easier to see, because they will be used far less than 
doc strings. OTOH, being used less makes them feel "more optional" 
than doc strings, hence could come after the doc string.
This would be a great question for Carl, as to why he did it the 
way he did it in REBOL. That is, allowing either order.