I agree this is a help issue. I didn't notice before
that if I did protect-system before any help, the help
would still work, but sure enough, I did
protect-system 1st thing, and help worked
afterwards...
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 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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