[REBOL] REP "#2" - multiple set - usefulness (was:Re: REBOL Enhancement Proposa
From: geza67::freestart::hu at: 26-Sep-2001 20:46
Hello Joel,
>> > The logical and straightforward way unfortunately does not work:
>> > set [a/b/c d/e] [1 2]
>> Just for clarification...
>> Could you explain why you would prefer the above SET expression
>> to the following?
>> a/b/c: 1 d/e: 2
When I have a screen form and I have a database I "spread" field values
from the database in "bags", like X to the layout fields Y. After
completing the screen form, I "gather" the values in the opposite way.
; db fields
x: [i j k]
; screen fields
y: [l m n]
; just for didactic purposes :-) - mimicking loading of the db
set y [1 2 3]
set x reduce y
; mimicking on-screen update of the form
set x [4 5 6]
; now the "swap"
set y reduce x
> attributes of the object, in constrast to a "c-struct" fashion,
> in which other code is free to go in and manipulate the content
> of the object.
I use blocks like X,Y for word name repository sets, which I can modify in
one place of my code and reuse/reference them several times.
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Best regards,
Geza mailto:[geza67--freestart--hu]
