[REBOL] Re: Rebol pickling recipes ?
From: laurent:giroud:libertysurf at: 6-Oct-2002 14:08
Hi Ladislav,
> Now we can explore the properties of BLOCK3:
> probe block3 ; == [xxxyyy xxxyyy]
> reduce block3 ; == [1 2]
> Let's suppose, that we just use the MOLD function to make BLOCK3 persistent.
> If we LOAD the result back, we don't get a block having the same properties
> as BLOCK3 and that is the trouble.
Ok, I get it. The problem is that MOLD (as well as PROBE) does not preserve
context binding information at all (MOLD/all does preserve a bit more of it but
not all).
One would need to have some kind of access to this information in
order to preserve it, and that would imply to rewrite a modified MOLD from
scratch.
It is funny to see how this thread finally rejoins the other one on binding :)
I guess that it shows how important this notion is to rebol.
Thanks again !
Regards,
Laurent
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Laurent Giroud
