[REBOL] Re: Bug! in assignment to date! values with stacked set-path values
From: lmecir:mbox:vol:cz at: 14-Nov-2002 14:02
Hi Romano,
> > When we are at it, we shall ask RT to change the path business more
> > thoroughly to introduce referential transparency. I am afraid, that this
> > change will affect the way Rebol parser (make block! / load) works,
because
> > I would suggest to not treat #"(" and #")" as ordinary delimiters.
Instead
> > Rebol should treat them as "forbidden" characters, which aren't allowed
to
> > occur in words.
>
> I don't undertand well why. Can you make an example?
the example is below:
> > a/(1 + 2)
> >
> > should differ from
> >
> > a / (1 + 2)
> >
> > , where the former can be treated as a path, while the latter as an
> > expression, which divides A by 3.
The reason is this:
a/(1 + 1): 5
should be treated as
a/2: 5
IMO
