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getting and passing a function's CURRENT arg block

 [1/5] from: moliad::aei::ca at: 16-Nov-2003 17:02


the subject might be misleading, I'm not sure how to formulate it. I'm this must have been discussed before. What I wish to do is propagate my arguments to another func with the same arg template, including refinements. example: a: func [arg1 arg2 /option val][ print "yahoo" ] b: func third :a [ ; insert code here print "yes sir!" either option [ a arg1 arg2 /option val ][ a arg1 arg2 ] ] now in b I don't want the 'EITHER, cause every other refinement adds a binary amount of possible combination. The function I have has 13 refinements... 106496 different combinations.. the function I must "improve" is a native, so I can't just source it and re-implement it. I really need to add some stuff before it, and then let it do its stuff with all the refinements as if it had been called directly... what's the best/fastest course of action? THANKS IN ADVANCE! -MAx

 [2/5] from: antonr:iinet:au at: 17-Nov-2003 14:14


13 refinements seems excessive to me, but anyway I know this thorny problem. Which native are you wrapping? I suggest building a path to the native.
>From an old thread in June with subject: "Re: problems creating a path",
I grabbed the flag-val function: flag-val: func [flag val][either flag [val][]] to-path compose [hello (flag-val none 'there) (flag-val true 'someone)] ;== hello/someone Let's wrap the layout function as an example: my-layout: func [ specs /size pane-size /offset where ][ do probe compose [ (to-path compose [ layout (flag-val size 'size) (flag-val offset 'offset) ]) (reduce [specs]) (flag-val size pane-size) (flag-val offset where) ] ] ; test view my-layout [box green] ; no refinements view my-layout/size [box green] 90x90 ; one refinement view my-layout/offset [box green] 190x190 ; the other refinement view my-layout/size/offset [box green] 90x90 190x190 ; both refinements view my-layout/offset/size [box green] 190x190 90x90 ; order reversed Anton.

 [3/5] from: moliad:aei:ca at: 16-Nov-2003 23:53


> === Original Message > > > 13 refinements seems excessive to me, but anyway > I know this thorny problem. Which native are you > wrapping? > I suggest building a path to the native.
Brilliant, I will try it right now and give you feedback. -MAx

 [4/5] from: moliad:aei:ca at: 17-Nov-2003 0:30


Anton, You've made my day. It works. I was even able to replace the function over itself :-) This is going to be used withing the Open library manager to map current-dir to the load/read/save/write functions. I never would have tought of to-path Rebol never ceases to amaze me. -MAx <Yet again, I'm going to bed less of an idiot than when I woke up.>

 [5/5] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 17-Nov-2003 10:40


Hi Max, On Sunday, November 16, 2003, 11:02:05 PM, you wrote: mac> what's the best/fastest course of action? I think that Ladislav's SUBFUNC is what you're looking for. http://www.compkarori.com/vanilla/display/subfunc.r Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/