Paul Tretter wrote:
> Lets forget about alternative methods for doing this another way for a
moment and explain where I can find the word that is bound to the port
object given only the object.  This is really what I seek to know.

> Maybe you miss my point Andrew.  What if you dont know its "paul" or know
at all.  In other words your at the discretion of the script working in a
block of ports assigned dynamically.

Here's something simple to illustrate:

>> o1: make object! [m: "Object one!"]
>> o2: make object! [m: "Object two!"]
>> One: o1
>> Two: o2
>> o1
>> probe o1

make object! [
    m: "Object one!"
]
>> probe One

make object! [
    m: "Object one!"
]

Both 'o1 and 'One refer to: make object! [m: "Object one!"]. Both 'o2 and
'Two refer to: make object! [m: "Object two!"].

Now given the object containing [m: "Object one!"], can I find out what
word(s) are refering to it? No, not _directly_. But if one is busy assigning
words to objects, one should also store them so they can't "get away". For
example:

>> B: make block! 0
== []
>> append B 'One
== [One]
>> append B 'Two
== [One Two]
>> B0: reduce copy B
== [
    make object! [
        m: "Object one!"
    ]
    make object! [
        m: "Object two!"
    ]]
>> b0
== [
    make object! [
        m: "Object one!"
    ]
    make object! [
        m: "Object two!"
    ]]
>> b
== [One Two]

In 'b are the words and 'b0 are the objects. Unless you shuffle or sort the
blocks, B/1 and B2 still refer to their objects:

>> probe get b/1

make object! [
    m: "Object one!"
]

>> probe get b/2

make object! [
    m: "Object two!"
]

If you still have problems, please let us know. I hope that helps!

Andrew Martin
ICQ: 26227169 http://members.nbci.com/AndrewMartin/
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