[REBOL] Re: [TYPE] weird return value
From: tim:johnsons-web at: 21-Apr-2004 11:41
* Romano Paolo Tenca <[rotenca--telvia--it]> [040421 11:25]:
> Hi.
>
> > this is weird:
> >
> > >> type? /home/http/run/cohen/birds
> > == /birds
> >
> > /birds is obviously not a type.
> >
> > What is happening here?
>
> It is happening that your are writing a line of code like this:
>
> type? /home /http /run /cohen /birds
>
> the "/" starts a refinement! word that ends at the next "/" where starts
> another refinement! word.
> the last refinement (/birds) is returned at the end of the evaluation:
>
> A confirm:
>
> length? [/home/http/run/cohen/birds] ;== 5
>
> while a path like this gives:
>
> length? [home/http/run/cohen/birds] ;== 1
>
> A path cannot start with "/".
<grin> On linux it does.
tj
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> Ciao
> Romano
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