[REBOL] Re: "Overloading" Rebol functions: Need advice
From: ryanc:iesco-dms at: 8-Aug-2001 18:56
Works fine for me. I consider it one of the more powerful aspects of
REBOL, and it seems it was made to do it very effectively.
Just to set you on to the right direction... dont think of 'input as
being overloaded, just in a different context, which may have a
different meaning--or not.
--Ryan
Tim Johnson wrote:
> I have in the past tried hard to avoid using rebol function words in
> objects:
> Stack overflow is the least of my worries, 'cuz it is so obvious.
> I'm worried about the not-so-obvious "gotchas".
> for instance 'input is such an obvious choice for a "hand-rolled"
> cgi object that creates an input form.
> Using it, however "overloads" the the mezzanine 'input.
>
> In another case, I'd like to use the following refinements
> to a user-define function
> next
> last
> first
> back
>
> Any caveats with any case?
>
> TIA
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