Mailing List Archive: [Truth test fails]

[REBOL] [Truth test fails]

From: tim::johnsons-web::com at: 18-May-2004 13:53


I'm seeing unexpected behavior from a truth test in a context.
Here is the code for the context:
writer: make object![
    keys: [bold size color family]
    bold: true
    bold-tag: ""
    bold-end-tag: ""
    fix: func[args[block!]][
        foreach [key val] args[
            ?? key
            if not find keys key [
                make error!
                    reform[key "is not an acceptable key for htm-writer. Use:" keys]]
            set in self key val
            ]
        ?? bold
        either bold [
            print "creating tag"
            bold-tag: "<b>"
            bold-end-tag: "</b>"
            ][
            print "no tag"
            bold-tag: ""
            bold-end-tag: ""
            ]
        ]
    ]
Now here is sample code execution:
>> writer/fix [bold false]
key: bold
bold: false
creating tag
== "</b>"
I would expect that the false-block for 'either
would be executed.

What am I doing wrong?

thanks
tim
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