/deep versus /only

Thought you would like to hear what "the boys" have to say about /deep versus /only --------- Forwarded Message --------- DATE: Mon, 28 Aug 2000 17:21:39 From: [feedback--rebol--com] To: [princepawn--lycos--com] princepawn, The /only refinement is used for a block nested within another block. The /deep refinement is used for recursing through any number of nested blocks. This may not sound like much of a difference, but it is felt that the difference is sufficient enough to note by two different refinements. If you have any additional questions/comments/suggestions, please let us know! REBOL Support -- On 28-Aug-2000/11:44:39-8:00, [princepawn--lycos--com] wrote:

>The REBOL Helpdesk has preprocessed this message. > ><lb>append/only and copy/deep<rb> >It would be more uniform for these refinements to have the same name as they do the same thing: ie, append/only should be named append/deep >or copy/deep should be named copy/only for consistency > >Get your FREE Email and Voicemail at Lycos Communications at >http://comm.lycos.com >

Just to throw in some more commentary from "the boys" :-) : The /only refinement is used for more than just referring to nested blocks. It means to consider the item in question as a single series type, instead of as a bunch of separate items. Change/only means to apply the changes as a single series, and not as individual items, for example:

>> ser: ["str1" "str2" "str3"] >> change ser [1 2] >> ser

>> ser: ["str1" "str2" "str3"] >> change/only ser [1 2] >> ser