is it possible to access local vars from outside? to view valus for debugging? >> f: func [c /local a b] [b: 2 a: 1] == func [c /local a b][b: 2 a: 1] ; function! >> f 1 == 1 ; integer! >> comment "accessing the code-words by position works" >> first second :f == b: ; set-word! >> get first second :f == 2 ; integer! >> comment "but the vars by name not" >> first first :f == c ; word! >> comment "[get first first] will crash!" Volker
