[REBOL] Re: probe/dump-binary survey
From: maximo:meteorstudios at: 4-May-2004 11:59
> how about:
> help probe ->>
> "Prints a molded, unevaluated value and returns the same
> value. similar: ? ??
> dump"
YESS A "RELATED:" or "SEE ALSO:" WOULD BE SOOOOO USEFULL IN ALL RT Function defs.
AND A CLASSIFICATION ID TOO ... like in the ref-words doc where there the words are split
up/sorted in different related domains.
then you could do help/topic series
and get a list of 30 words, all related to series...
> there is a convention to call such functions dump-*. that the
> integrator is
> called 'dump makes sense.
yess!!! my opinion too.
> > * You don't have to add extra docs in each one saying how they
> > differ, you just doc the refinement that tells how it changes
> > the behavior.
> >
>
> that can be done with a naming-convention too. because "help
> round-" would do
> a "wildcard-search". In case of 'round i prefer refinements.
because all the different operations are related... me too
> Now instead of "send" i could not resist to press "hack", and here is:
>
> ;the code
[...]
cool stuff :-)
-MAx
