[REBOL] Re: A comment to Carl's blog
From: rotenca:telvia:it at: 22-Oct-2004 0:02
Hi,
> data/:n: 150
>
> But then: is it absolutely clear that this should mean
> poke data n 150
>
> Couldn't it just as well mean:
> n: 150
> pick data n
>
> i.e. with the form
> :n:
> which should be evaluated first, :n or n: ?
Can be seen in this way:
the expression
data/:n:
is a set-path!, because it ends with ":"
This set-path! is formed by 2 items:
1) data (word!)
2) :n (get-word!)
The final ":" is part of the set-path!, while the first ":" is part of the
last item of the set-path!
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Ciao
Romano
