[REBOL] Re: Cunning use of [], () & {} in R# and in future? Rebol versions?
From: maximo:meteorstudios at: 16-Oct-2003 9:06
> Andrew Martin wrote:
>
> >It occurred to me as I was writing Rebol code, that it's possible to
> >re-use these characters [], () & {}, in useful ways. I've
> noticed that
> >when I'm writing block!, paren! & string values, I leave white space
> >before and after the [], () & {} characters. It would be
> nice to have:
> >
> >
> >
> >>>X: ["a" "b" "c"]
> >>>
> >>>
> >== ["a" "b" "c"]
> >
> >
> >>>X[2]
> >>>
> >>>
> >== "b"
more liquely [X--2], X#2, X>2, X\2, X.2, X|2, X,2
one would equate to
>> at X 2
["b" "c"]
another to
>> at head X 2
this breaks no current rules (it might collide with mail datatype though?) and is a logical
complement for the X/2 which we all use. If a specific datatype does not usually return
a block (like a tuple), then it would have to do so.
print ["my 0.02" (locale/currency)]
-MAx
