[REBOL] Re: Functions, /local and refinements
From: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 15-May-2004 15:33
Hi Ladislav,
On Saturday, May 15, 2004, 3:08:40 PM, you wrote:
LM> Hi, I found:
>>> f: func ["aa" /local x /a aa] []
>>> help f
LM> USAGE:
LM> F
LM> DESCRIPTION:
LM> aa
LM> F is a function value.
>>> g: func ["aa" /a aa /local x] []
>>> help g
LM> USAGE:
LM> G /a aa
LM> DESCRIPTION:
LM> aa
LM> G is a function value.
LM> REFINEMENTS:
LM> /a
LM> aa -- (Type: any)
LM> Is there really such a big difference between F and G?
Of course not, but HELP is just following the convention of /local
terminating the argument list... Changing it so that it can find
refinements after /local would be no harm, though; however I don't
think we should encourage people writing functions that way. ;-)
Regards,
Gabriele.
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