[REBOL] Correct Behaviour? Was False = 2 ????
From: robbo1mark:aol at: 2-Jul-2001 11:23
Joel / Everybody
okay then accepting all your perfectly valid
qualifications & clarifications, I'll reframe
my original question, thus......
If the decision was YOURS, would YOU prefer
to see REBOL behaviour modified so series!
index begin at 0, True, False & None & 'PICK
behaved in the way I described.
You intimated that you see the future of REBOL
being a much greater time period than the past
history of REBOL thus far so presumably you
think it's important that we don't get "locked"
into the "WRONG" way of doing things forever
just for the sake of backwards compatability.
I use the term "WRONG" here on my analysis of
of your previous comments, I've no doubt you
will correct me here on this ;-)
With regards to backwards compatability I've
got loads of scripts that no longer work because
of changes in newer REBOL versions.
/Wait to /No-Wait port! refinements, VID changes
to name but a few examples. RT don't seem to mind
breaking backwards compatability when it suits
them for the sake of newer preferable behaviour.
Also I believe "major" changes to port! schemes
are planned in upcoming REBOL releases, we'll
have to wait & see how much this changes backwards
compatability, If at all!
Now I know all of this is hypothetical as only
Carl & the RT gang can actually decide and implement
any Language changes to REBOL but as someone who's
knowledge and opinions I greatly respect ( if not
always agree with 8-) I was just trying to elicit
whether you would "PREFER" the behaviour I suggested
as opposed to "ACTUAL" REBOL behaviour, IF the
decision was YOURS to make? ( Which it's NOT so
sorry If Iam wasting your time. )
Secondly, I too agree that it is important we document
and specify as MUCH of REBOL behaviour and consistency
/ inconsistency as we can, I also think it would be
extremely valuable and useful to have a REBOL specification
and in the absence of "official" RT documentation, I
TOO would contribute and volunteer my efforts to the
production of such a document, though NOT as Lead Author
as there a people on this List much more capable &
experienced with this aspect of REBOL / Comp. Sci. than
myself, besides trying to grok what lies beneath REBOL
takes up enough of my time / brain capacity!
Your opinions are valued! , well by me anyway ;-)
PS Ladislav, Larry & everybody else, please feel
free to comment on this if you so wish.
Quick & Dirty REBOL User Poll.
1. Should Series! Index begin at Zero?
2. Should 0, None & False be equivalent
for 'PICKing values from a series! and
return the FIRST or index 0 value whereas
True and 1 would return the SECOND or
Index 1 value?
cheers folks,
Mark Dickson
