[REBOL] Efficient binary functions Re:

[joel . neely]

Hi, Phil...

I'm quite embarrased to say that the best I've come up with is

    >> v1: #{01}
    == #{01}
    >> v2: #{03}
    == #{03}
    >> v3: #{44}
    == #{44}
    >> v0: #{}  foreach v reduce [v1 v2 v3] [append v0 v]  v0
    == #{010344}

(Obviously this could be wrapped in a nicely-named function...)

All of the obvious things I've tried fall prey to the old "binary
values converted to strings in a surprising and mostly useless way"
landmine discussed on this list a few days back!

-jn-