Mailing List Archive: [ALLY] Getting 'elp to work on function inside object

[ALLY] Getting 'elp to work on function inside object

From: al:bri:xtra at: 8-Sep-2000 22:06

I'm going Cockney about help. - Andrew Martin. ;-)

john wrote:
> In general though I think there should be a more simple way of accessing
help for words defined in dialects.

Dialect words can be defined nicely inside objects.

>> o: make object! [
[    f: func [
[        "A sample function in a dialect object."
[        arg [word!]
[        ][
[        print mold arg
[        ]
[    ]
>> help o
O is an object of value:
make object! [
    f: func [
        "A sample function in a dialect object."
        arg [word!]
    ][
        print mold arg
    ]
]
>> help o/f
o/f is a path

Note the above is not helpful! Though understandable when the source for
help is viewed.

>> z: get in o 'f
>> help z
USAGE:
    Z arg

DESCRIPTION:
     A sample function in a dialect object.
     Z is a function value.

ARGUMENTS:
     arg -- (Type: word)

Any one want to write up an alteration to 'help, so that it works with
objects and functions in that object as a novice might expect?

Andrew Martin
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