[REBOL] Re: [REBOL][logic!] another bug ?
From: carl:cybercraft at: 23-Jul-2004 22:35
>Hi list,
>
>As I was converting XML data to REBOL datatypes, I struggeled on this one:
>
>REBOL/View 1.2.10.3.1 6-Aug-2003
>Copyright 2000-2003 REBOL Technologies. All rights reserved.
>REBOL is a trademark of REBOL Technologies. WWW.REBOL.COM
>
>>> to-logic "true"
>== true ;==> ok
>>> to-logic "false"
>== true ;==> yerk
>>> make logic! "false"
>== true ;==> yerk again
>>> to-logic 'false
>== true ;==> etc...
>
>If it isn't a bug, what's the point of 'to-logic, other than:
>
>>> to-logic 1
>== true
>>> to-logic 0
>== false
I don't think it's a bug, just that most values are true, such as strings, even when
empty or containing "false". It's getting the logic of the value, not converting it.
With 0 being an exception to this rule, obviously...
>> either 0 ["0 is true!"]["0 is false!"]
== "0 is true!"
