Here are three more questions:
1. x/:i syntax can get but not set values in a block... why?
2. y: make string! 100 creates a string of length 0... why?
rebol dictionary entry implies 100 would be length or
value...
3. is there any difference between a 1-dimensional array
and a block or series?
Script started on Mon Nov 29 14:07:07 1999
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>> x: [ "this" "is" "a" "test" ]
== ["this" "is" "a" "test"]
>> i: 3
== 3
>> x/:i
== "a"
>> ; but all attempts to set x/:i seem to fail
>> x/:i: "the"
** Syntax Error: Invalid word -- :i:.
** Where: (line 1) x/:i: "the"
>>
>>
>> ; y: make string! example from dictionary
>>
>>y: make string! 100
== ""
>> length? y
== 0
; but note
>> z: make string! "this"
== "this"
>> length? z
== 4
>> ; dictionary seemed to imply 100 would be either
>> ; length, storage allocation, or value of y
>>
