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Is this a bug ([5 <])?

 [1/9] from: jan::skibinski::sympatico::ca at: 13-Nov-2002 12:05


Hi all, This works:
>> [5 < ]
== [5 <] But this does not:
>> [5 <]
** Syntax Error: Invalid tag -- < ** Near: (line 1) [5 <] Is this a bug? Jan P.S. In case anyone wonders why one would need such a strange looking block here is one example:
>> drop-while pipe [#"d" > ] "abcdefgh"
== "defgh"

 [2/9] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 13-Nov-2002 19:10


Hi Jan, On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 6:05:04 PM, you wrote: JS> Is this a bug? I'd say it is a parser quirk, at least. I've had to fight with it a couple times when writing the query dialect for my dbms.r. (Also, there's the big problem that you cannot encap a script that contains words like those... I had to use strings and TO-WORD, but that isn't a general solution...) Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer Amigan -- AGI L'Aquila -- REB: http://web.tiscali.it/rebol/index.r

 [3/9] from: jan:skibinski:sympatico:ca at: 13-Nov-2002 16:44


Hi Gabriele, Thanks for the answer and the warning about encap behaviour. Two more questions: Is there any publicly accessible bug database for rebol? How to report bugs to RT? (This is just in case..) Jan Gabriele Santilli wrote:

 [4/9] from: biuro:terminal:sky:pl at: 13-Nov-2002 19:41


----- Original Message ----- From: "Jan Skibinski" <[jan--skibinski--sympatico--ca]> To: <[rebol-list--rebol--com]> Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2002 6:05 PM Subject: [REBOL] Is this a bug ([5 <])?
> Hi all, > > This works: > >> [5 < ] > == [5 <] > > But this does not: > >> [5 <]
IMO < with spaces around is an operator - other use is to open tag (like [ is to open blocks), and overrides brackets. So when is no space - REBOL expect that You complete Your tag (when You opened it). regards Alekk

 [5/9] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 13-Nov-2002 23:56


Hi Jan, On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 10:44:28 PM, you wrote: JS> Is there any publicly accessible bug database for rebol? I think there's one on the Developer IOS server, however I don't know if that can be called "Publicly accessible". BTW, anyone with a Vanilla site, what about a bug db and a knowledge base? JS> How to report bugs to RT? (This is just in case..) [feedback--rebol--com] Regards, Gabriele. -- Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer Amigan -- AGI L'Aquila -- REB: http://web.tiscali.it/rebol/index.r

 [6/9] from: rebol:optushome:au at: 14-Nov-2002 21:16


There's been a bug forum at rebolforces which has remained virtually unused for the last year. http://www.rebolforces.com/cgi-bin/aeforum-display-topics.cgi?discussion=6 And for RT bug submission there is the longtime script which is/was documented in the setup docs for core. do http://www.rebol.com/feedback.r and there is graphical bug reporter on the View desktop. cheers, Allen

 [7/9] from: rotenca:telvia:it at: 14-Nov-2002 12:22


Hi Gabriele,
> I think there's one on the Developer IOS server, however I don't > know if that can be called "Publicly accessible".
It is about Link bugs, only few items. Not what we need.
> BTW, anyone with a Vanilla site, what about a bug db and a > knowledge base?
We speak about this periodically on this mailing, but nobody builds it, so we can speak forever. :-) --- Ciao Romano

 [8/9] from: rebol-list2:seznam:cz at: 14-Nov-2002 9:55


Hello Jan, Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 6:05:04 PM, you wrote: JS> Hi all, JS> This works:
>>> [5 < ]
JS> == [5 <] JS> But this does not:
>>> [5 <]
JS> ** Syntax Error: Invalid tag -- < JS> ** Near: (line 1) [5 <] JS> Is this a bug? JS> Jan I think it is and please send it to feedback, because I think that some small fixes in the parser would be nice in the next releases of Rebol. I hate these "Invalid ..." errors. Oldes

 [9/9] from: petr:krenzelok:trz:cz at: 14-Nov-2002 12:47


Gabriele Santilli wrote:
>Hi Jan, >On Wednesday, November 13, 2002, 10:44:28 PM, you wrote:
<<quoted lines omitted: 3>>
>BTW, anyone with a Vanilla site, what about a bug db and a >knowledge base?
I think that if IOS would scale well, we could all leave this ml and move to IOS completly. The cooperation there is much closer, ppl can participate in various projects, etc. Nice Rebol world :-) -pekr-

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