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[REBOL] Re: Rebol copy semantics

From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 18-Oct-2003 16:17

Hi Robert,
> Hi, even doing Rebol for several years now, I'm hit by the question > "hmm... is this now a reference or a copy?". Especially in complicated > cases, where you work a lot with blocks, inserts, copying etc. it's easy > to loos track (at least IMO). > > Things get even more complicate as some functions seem to create implicit > copies as well. So, for series you get a reference for scalar types you > get the value (see my other posting). > > Is there a how-to/tutorial/... that collects all this information in one > doc? If not, do you think it would make sense to write such a thing?
Robert I wrote a few articles: http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/display/Rebol+Series or http://www.fm.vslib.cz/~ladislav/rebol/identity.html or check: http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/display/Rebol+Tutorials Regards -L