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[REBOL] Re: Re, Re: Parse problem

From: Izkata::Comcast::net at: 9-Oct-2005 15:09

> Hi Patrick, > >>>> to-block "(foo" > PPln> ** Syntax Error: Missing ) at end-of-script > PPln> ** Near: (line 1) (foo > > PPln> It seems like a bug to me. > > Not a bug. REBOL needs to convert the data to valid REBOL values, > which (foo isn't. > > This comes up from time to time, but it's just a distinction we need > to acknowledge; there are times when we'll need to use string parsing, > rather than block parsing, even though it's more effort.
There is a (kinda) workaround: (Remembered from a "why does a word have spaces" question years ago)
>> to-word "(foo"
== (foo
>> X: append [] to-word "(foo"
== [(foo]
>> ? X/1
X/1 is a word of value: (foo When you just 'to-block (or 'load) the string, Rebol sees the ( and thinks it's a paren, but if it doesn't matter, or a paren isn't what you want... Thar ye go! -Izzy