Mailing List Archive: Re: Prefix colon question

[REBOL] Re: Prefix colon question

From: jason:cunliffe:verizon at: 1-Jun-2002 16:23


> Could anyone help to enlighten me here?

It's the same as "get"
I that the key is that everything in REBOL is a value..
I can't give you deep golden answers but try this:

>> pwd: :what-dir
>> pwd
== %/C/rebol/view/
>> source pwd
pwd: func [
    "Prints the active directory path"
][
    system/script/path
]

now clear it and try again using get

>> pwd: none
== none
>> pwd: get 'what-dir

>> source pwd
pwd: func [
    "Prints the active directory path"
][
    system/script/path
]

>> ? get
USAGE:
    GET word /any

DESCRIPTION:
     Gets the value of a word.
     GET is a native value.

ARGUMENTS:
     word -- Word to get (Type: any-word)

REFINEMENTS:
     /any -- Allows any type of value, even unset.

>> what-dir
== %/C/rebol/view/
>> source what-dir
what-dir: func [
    "Prints the active directory path"
][
    system/script/path
]

./Jason