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[REBOL] Re: Don't understand "try" and "disarm"

From: gabriele::colellachiara::com at: 15-Mar-2006 22:28

Hi Jeff, On Wednesday, March 15, 2006, 9:05:05 PM, you wrote: JM> Simple enough. Only it isn't obvious that this is wrong. 'white and 'black JM> aren't ever evaluated, so there is no need for the quote. But, written JM> without the quote it looks like I might be comparing against the RGB tuple. JM> Keywords eliminate this ambiguity, because evaluated or not, they are always JM> the same. I see your point, although the reason REBOL does not have this is that basically nothing is evaluated unless specifically noted otherwise. I can understand the confusion this can create though. I wonder if it would be useful to have a keyword! datatype in REBOL; I must say that in so many years I never felt the need for it. Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <gabriele-rebol.com> --- http://www.rebol.com/ Colella Chiara software division --- http://www.colellachiara.com/