[REBOL] Re: Weird error message...
From: joel:neely:fedex at: 7-Nov-2001 8:44
Hi, Hallvard,
Hallvard Ystad wrote:
> I think I got it. Take a look at this:
> >> ^/
> ** Syntax Error: Invalid path -- ^/
> ** Near: (line 1) ^/
>
> >> "^/
> ** Syntax Error: Missing " at "^/
> ** Near: print find krak str_HTML
>
> In the first example, ^/ creates an error (of course). In
> the second example, rebol must be looking back in history
> to find a match for the double quote, hence the rounding
> expression in Joels console session (did you do some rounding
> just before, Joel?) and the tag-stuff thing in mine (I sure
> did some tag-stuff!).
>
I had done some experimenting with rounding much earlier,
but it had been a while. Repeating the experiment on my box
at work...
>> "^/
** Syntax Error: Missing " at "^/
** Where: halt-view
** Near: ff
There was no occurrence of FF in my console transcript (which
went back to the point at which REBOL was started. However,
there *was* an occurrence of FF in a script file which I had
DOne from the console.
This seems to support the conjecture about leftovers or other
internal pointer weirdness...
-jn-
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