[REBOL] Re: RFC: require-files block in the Rebol header
From: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 5-Aug-2002 7:31
[atruter--hih--com--au] wrote:
>> Rebol [
>> title: "Script with image"
>> require-files: [
>> %some-image.gif ;or http://some.domain/img/some-image.gif
>> ]
>> ]
>>
>>
>
>In theory, a sound idea. In practice I often use files depending upon
>certain user preferences / locale. eg. english.dic, vic-pcodes.dat. No
>point obtaining 100 files if user choices will only lead to several being
>used (some of my data files get quite large). Reminds me of the old static
>vs dynamic linking debate (only get the resource when we need it . . . but
>what happens when it isn't there, etc).
>
>Having said all that, I think most of these issues are data related, for
>code (ie. .r files) I think it is a workable scheme.
>
IIRC, RT tried to do something in that way already. The field is called
'Needs - maybe you will find some hilights about it in former docs or in
ml archive?
-pekr-
