[REBOL] Re: A comment to Carl's blog
From: chalz:earthlink at: 20-Oct-2004 22:14
Personally, I am extremely pleased with these alterations to path forms.
(FYI, it's actually http://www.rebol.net/blog/carl.html#section-6 ).
On the point of:
data/:n: 150
It would appear to me that the way this works would be more like:
n: 4
poke data n 150
As for the statement:
>> Couldn't it just as well mean:
>> n: 150
>> pick data n
I don't see that being the case. To me, it wouldn't make sense to
operate that way, even. Just as
data/:n
returns the value of 'data at 'n, this new format is assigning the value
to 'n in 'data. I mean, I see the way you're talking, but combining symbols
like paths and colons in REBOL has always been handled completely
differently; data/:n: 150 means poke data n 150, because they didn't want it
to mean pick data (n: 150). *shrugs*
And oh, it shouldn't work yet. It's coming in version 2.5.55. Current
version for download is 2.5.6 according to the site. Patience. :)
