[REBOL] /deep versus /only Re:
From: jeff::rebol::net at: 30-Aug-2000 12:39
Just to throw in some more commentary from "the boys" :-) :
The /only refinement is used for more than just referring to
nested blocks. It means to consider the item in question as
a single series type, instead of as a bunch of separate
items. Change/only means to apply the changes as a single
series, and not as individual items, for example:
>> ser: ["str1" "str2" "str3"]
>> change ser [1 2]
>> ser
== [1 2 "str3"]
;-- CHANGE took the 1 and 2 and applied the change
; to ser like two separate changes.
>> ser: ["str1" "str2" "str3"]
>> change/only ser [1 2]
>> ser
== [[1 2] "str2" "str3"]
;-- Change/only took the [1 2] and thought of it as a single
; value which it changed the first value of ser to.
The /only refinement is like saying "There's ONLY one value
here, not many values".
"Deep" really is very different.
-jeff
