[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> both 'a and 'b refer to the same string, but to different positions
within that string? Isn't it valid to say that 'a and 'b are not the
same series, but that each is a series referring to the same string (or
whatever we want to call the data storage in this example)?
Isn't that less ambiguous than saying that they are the same series?
The ambiguity is that there is no cannonical term for the "data
storage" element of a series. We're told that "The essential
characteristics of a series are that it contains a set of values that
are organized in a particular order." We can surmise the "position" is
properly called the INDEX, since the "get position" function is named
INDEX?, but the "set of values" is not given a proper name.
So, we are reduced to contriving terms, like "data storage".
The entity exists, it is declared an "essential characteristic" of a
series; is it so unreasonable to ask that REBOL give the data set some
proper name and end the ambiguity?
-Ted.
