[REBOL] R: Re: Pointers, Context in Rebol 3.0 (For the real RebolLovers)
From: gchillemi::aliceposta::it at: 27-Mar-2007 20:59
> f1: :A does not create a pointer to 'A, if pointers are how you want to
> think of it. It gets what 'A is pointing at, then points at the same
> thing. Setting a new value for 'A makes it point at something else -
> modifying it as above without making it point at something else will
> modify an others that are also pointing at it.
>
> The only downside is that the function arguments don't seem to be
> changeable:
I have understood my error. I thought that f1: :a1 was meaning "let use a1
as pointer constantly" and not "point to the content of a1 and then do not
use a1 anymore".
For the rest of you message I admit I have marked it "for further study". I
am still a beginner in Rebol and you I need time to comprehend it.
Giuseppe Chillemi
