[REBOL] Re: Sameness - a pragmatic approach.
From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 11-Feb-2003 20:56
Thanks, Joel,
> Ladislav Mecir wrote:
> >
> > Interestingly enough, this isn't the case here:
> >
> > alias 'a "aaa"
> > equal? mold 'a mold 'aaa ; == false
> > equal? 'a 'aaa ; == true
> >
> > How would you comment that? Does it look like an inconsistency
> > to you?
> >
>
> Yes.
>
> -jn-
To be consistent, then, maybe we should say:
word1: 'a
a: 1
word2: use [a] [a: 2 'a]
that WORD1 and WORD2 aren't "naturally" equal, because we can find some
differences without any writing operation, shouldn't we?
After evaluating an expression like:
a: 2
we aren't able to decide for the same words whether they are equal or not
without a writing operation, that is why WORD1 and WORD2 aren't "naturally"
equal in this case.
What is your opinion?
-L
