[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