If just want a quick debug function have you explored using the ?? function
>> a: 4
== 4
>> ?? a
== a: 4
>> b: "hello"
== "hello"
>> ?? b
b: "hello"
Cheers
Allen K
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From: "bobo bobbobity" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Sunday, December 03, 2000 12:44 AM
Subject: [REBOL] name of var passed to func
> I'm trying to set a quick debug function that I can throw in where ever
I'm
> having trouble.
> first I have this:
>
> >> x: 5
> == 5
> >> print join 'x join " = " x
> x = 5
>
> then I wrote:
> >> debug: func [a b] [print join a join " = " b]
> >> debug 'x x
> x = 5
>
> All well and good but the key word here is quick and I type slow.
> What I want is:
>
> debug x
>
> I write:
>
> >> debug: func [a] [print join 'a join " = " a]
> >> debug x
> a = 5
>
> How do I get 'x out of a?
>
> This may not seem like much until you see the difference between:
>
> debug some_really_long_variable_name
> and
> debug 'some_really_long_variable_name some_really_long_variable_name
>
> -bobo
>
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