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[REBOL] Re: Unofficial examination of undocumented REBOL features (draft)

From: rebol:svendx:dk at: 25-Oct-2000 0:30

Hello Ryan, On 24-Oct-00, you wrote:
> I like your idea Thomas to document some of the neet lesser known things you can do with rebol. Here is one I just discovered today. > > The paren! can be used much like a series!... >
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> The paren! datatype is a bit harder to work with because its basic nature is to interpet everything. For instance: > >>> p: load "(a (aa (stuff) ) )" > == (a (aa (stuff))) >>> insert p 'myword ;this will try to interpet p > ** Script Error: a has no value. > ** Where: a (aa (stuff)) >>> insert :p 'myword ;getting p's value directly bypasses this effect. > == (a (aa (stuff))) >>> :p > == (myword a (aa (stuff))) >>> > > It seems to me that the difference between paren! and block! is only that paren!'s are executed during the interpeting process.
I agree. Generally I think it'd be useful to create a list of what each REBOL value evaluates to, eg: * a string! value evaluates to itself * a word! value evaluates to the words value in the context to which it is bound * a block! value evaluates to itself * a paren! value evaluates to: do to-block :paren something like that...
> --Ryan > > Thomas Jensen wrote: >
-- snip -- Best regards Thomas Jensen