[REBOL] Re: Funny bug. Or?
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 18-Nov-2002 15:16
Hi, Carl,
Try HELP with something else after doing PROTECT-SYSTEM. As Gregg
pointed out, a quick look at ?? HELP indicates that HELP is trying
to define a function named TYPE-NAME it the argument to HELP is a
non-string, non-word value. However, since TYPE-NAME is not local
to HELP, that makes each such evaluation of HELP a redefinition of
the (global) function TYPE-NAME. As Gregg said, looks like a bug.
-jn-
Carl Read wrote:
> On 18-Nov-02, Gregg Irwin wrote:
> > Hi Hallvard,
>
> >>>> protect-system
> >>>> help to-tag
> >> ** Script Error: Word type-name is protected, cannot modify
> >> ** Where: help
> >> ** Near: type-name: func [value] [
> >> value: mold type? :value
> >> clear back tail value
> >> join either find "aeiou" first value ["an "] ["a "] value
> >> ]
>
> > It looks like HELP should define TYPE-NAME as a local, which it
> > isn't. I'd send it to feedback.
>
> The odd thing is I have protect-system in my user.r, yet "help to-tag"
> doesn't give the above error until after I do a protect-system at the
> Console.
>
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> Carl Read
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