[REBOL] Re: Re, Re: Parse problem
From: greggirwin::mindspring::com at: 9-Oct-2005 11:26
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.
-- Gregg
