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[REBOL] [refactoring s-c?]

From: rebol665:ifrance at: 13-Mar-2002 22:43

Hi rebollers Again exploring Ladislav's contexts.html, I have difficulty understanding the s-c? function. The goal of the s-c? function is to test if two words are in the same context. Two Words WORD1 and WORD2 are bound to the same context, if the expression (s-c? word1 word2) yields TRUE. Here (1) is the original version of s-c? and (2) my simplified version. Both return the same result (3). Something is certainly missing in the simplified version, but what ? what are the purposes of the 'use and 'reduce in the original version ? (1) ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; s-c? function undefined?: func [ {determines, if a word is undefined} word [any-word!] ] [ error? try [error? get/any :word] ] s-c?: func [ {Are word1 and word2 bound to the same context?} word1 [word!] word2 [word!] ] [ found? any [ all [ undefined? word1 undefined? word2 ] all [ not undefined? word2 same? word1 bind use reduce [word1] reduce [ 'first reduce [word1] ] word2 ] ] ] ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; the (over?) simplified version (2) sc: func [ {Are word1 and word2 bound to the same context?} word1 [word!] word2 [word!] ] [ print mold use reduce [word1] reduce ['first reduce [word1]] found? any [ all [ undefined? word1 undefined? word2 ] all [ not undefined? word2 same? word1 first bind [word1] word2 ] ] ] ;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;; tests (3)
>> o: make object! [a: 1 b: 2] >> a: 100
== 100
>> >> word1: 'a
== a
>> word2: second first o
== a
>> word3: third first o
== b The original s-c? gives :
>>s-c? word1 word2
== false
>>s-c? word1 word3
== false
>>s-c? word2 word3
== true The simplified version gives
>>sc word1 word2
a == false
>>sc word1 word3
a == false
>>sc word2 word3
a == true As for the subject of this post, I was just kidding. I'am pretty sure that Ladislav's code do not need any refactoring. Patrick