[REBOL] Re: Better error messages?
From: al:bri:xtra at: 7-Dec-2001 16:37
Sunanda wrote:
> set in last LayoutData 'Text is used half a dozen times to change the text
of a VID object, so a source scan isn't really close enough, even for
government work.
Change:
set in last LayoutData 'Text
into a function. Perhaps call it: 'Change-Text ?
> Most other languages you can pinpoint a failure to the line. Rebol just
seems to give a hint.
It's a bit hard for Rebol to do that because Rebol can be constructed and
'do-ne. For example, where is the line number in:
do test
? 'test could be a block filled with all sorts of words that have been
'append-ed to, 'compose-d or 'reduce-d, or even entered from the keyboard!
Andrew Martin
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