[REBOL] Re: Cunning use of [], () & {} in R# and in future? Rebol versions?
From: greggirwin:mindspring at: 16-Oct-2003 17:38
Hi Andrew,
AM> It occurred to me as I was writing Rebol code, that it's possible to
AM> re-use these characters [], () & {}, in useful ways. I've noticed that
AM> when I'm writing block!, paren! & string values, I leave white space
AM> before and after the [], () & {} characters. It would be nice to have:
>>> X: ["a" "b" "c"]
AM> == ["a" "b" "c"]
>>> X[2]
AM> == "b"
AM> In other words, by running the block "hard" against the word, it's like:
AM> pick X 2
I'd stick with standard notations. I like the idea that blocks are
blocks and not used as another notation. As others have pointed out,
we have path notation (which is even more concise than the C/C# notation
for accessing array elements).
-- Gregg
