[REBOL] Re: Crippled reflection in Rebol?
From: hallvard:ystad:babelserver at: 26-Mar-2007 23:04
Dixit Arie van Wingerden (22.54 26.03.2007):
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> >> type? '/
> ** Syntax Error: Invalid word-lit -- '
> ** Near: (line 1) type? '/
>So, in Rebol "everybody is equal, but some are more equal than others"...
>;-)
>This way there is no consistency and retrieving such elementary properties
>can be a pain.
>Or, what very well might be the case, an I missing something obvious?
Guess this has got something to do with '/ being both a function and the start of a path...
>Another thing is that I tried to obtain the type for a rebol word which I
>have stored in a string!; example:
> >> x: "purple"
> == "purple"
>I found a way to obtain the type in a little bit awkward way:
> >> do rejoin ["type? " x]
> == tuple!
>Is there an easier / better way to do it?
type? do x
== tuple!
Normally, I would want to LOAD the string, but since LOADing this string returns a WORD,
DOing does just fine. It also works on other values:
>> g: "15"
== "15"
>> type? do g
== integer!
>> yy: to-string now
== "26-Mar-2007/23:01:35+2:00"
>> type? do yy
== date!
Regards,
HY
