[REBOL] Re: pbs with view
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 28-Nov-2002 13:03
Hi Ingo,
IH> On view system/words is a hell of a beast, let's say it this way, it is
IH> BIG, like, really _BIG_. It's because all the View elements are dumped
IH> into system/words, and if you do a probe on it, the big object is walked
IH> through, creating a really long string on the way, which is then
IH> printed. I have heard of computers on which it took nearly an hour, and
IH> some others never returned, IIRC.
Aren't there circular references that contribute to the issue as well?
-- Gregg