[REBOL] Library Binding was: [RE: Re: global error handling?]
From: maximo::meteorstudios::com at: 25-Jul-2003 14:48
Hi Gabrielle that's exactly the test I did AND IT WORKS :-)
Its now official.
steel will include the following functionality (either exactly or in similar form):
bind-library: function [
"bind library functions to block (gbl context) or object. Binds only unset! values.
Caches stuff in RAM."
data [block! object!] "data you wish to have bound"
/copy "deep copy the block before binding to it"
/reset "reload funcs even if they where loaded in RAM cache"
/net-reset "as reset plus reload from net even if they are in your net-lib cache directory."
/flush "flush RAM cache after loading"
/overload ovrldblk [block!] "Bind these words even if they are currently set."
/words wordblk [block!] "Bind only these words."
][]
[...MAGIC HAPPENS HERE...]
return data
]
it will also have this function:
auto-load-libs: does [
bind-library query system/words
]
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so you can use library code as easily as:
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do bind-library load %subscript.r
OR
bind-library make object! [
default-metal-bg: unset!
]
Note that the library becomes a repository for ANY rebol piece of code, function, value
or data.
Also note that the open-library function is still present. It is more intended as a
means of loading a package which holds more than one value (usually an object filled
with stuff).
there is also some other cool stuff that I'm keeping as a surprise for the release...
(this mail is long enough, as it is.)
:-)
-max
PS: thanks for everyone who contributed, you're all responsible for this system...
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