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[REBOL] Re: Variable not avilable out of a foreach

From: tim-johnsons:web at: 11-Dec-2007 11:53

On Tuesday 11 December 2007, Anton Rolls wrote:
> Hi Giuseppe,
I must defer to Anton's grasp of rebol - I believe his knowledge of theory runs deeper than mine, but I must differ with what he says here:
> Let me just start by saying that rebol defines no "scope".
because at http://www.rebol.com/docs/core23/rebolcore-9.html#section-9 scope is indeed a topic here.... to say otherwise is to further confuse the newcomer.
> Every word can be bound and rebound dynamically
Indeed! And 'bind is a powerful tool that enables us to manipulate scope... but first one must understand how rebol uses "definitional scoping". respectfully Tim