Hi Grant
This looks like a bug in 'help. You should send it to feedback. The
problem is caused by doing the
>> help protect-system
before doing protect-system.
Done in the other order, everything works OK.
----snip
Script: "User Preferences" (31-Oct-1999/18:54:30-8:00)
>> protect-system
>> help protect-system
USAGE:
PROTECT-SYSTEM
DESCRIPTION:
Protects all system functions and the system object from redefinition.
PROTECT-SYSTEM is a function value.
>> first: 5
** Script Error: Word first is protected, cannot modify.
** Where: first: 5
>>
BTW You can use 'source to look at the code for both 'help and
'protect-system. If you do
>>source protect-system
before doing 'protect-system, it does not cause this problem, which is one
reason I think the bug is in 'help.
HTH
-Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, August 18, 2000 12:01 PM
Subject: [REBOL] protect-system caveat
> Setting protect-system seems to incapacitate 'help':
>
> >> help protect-system
> USAGE:
> PROTECT-SYSTEM
>
> DESCRIPTION:
> Protects all system functions and the system
> object from redefinition.
> PROTECT-SYSTEM is a function value.
> >> protect-system
> >> help protect-system
> ** Script Error: Word type-name is protected, cannot
> modify.
> ** Where: type-name: func [value] [
> value: mold type? :value
> clear back tail value
> join either find "aeiou" first value ["an "] ["a
> "] value
> ]
> if
> >>
>
> Bummer, huh?
>
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