Brett,
What else would you want it to take?
If you want to merge two objects, as you have done, then you use
MAKE, not CONTEXT. Your example is correct.
CONTEXT is simply a shortcut mezzanine, similar to DOES, HAS, etc.
-Carl
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Brett Handley
> Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2001 2:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [REBOL] Re: Use of 'context
>
>
> Gee it took a while for me to realise...
>
> context takes a block! as an argument - which constrains what context can
> do- it can only take a block as a spec.
>
> compare this with the following which can use an object as a spec
>
> template-object: context [
> name: does [print "template"]
> template-function: does [print "template func"]
> ]
> spec-object: context [
> name: does [print "spec"]
> special-function: does [print "special"]
> ]
> specialised-object: make template-object spec-object
>
> so if you do
>
> probe specialised-object
>
> you get
>
> make object! [
> name: func [][print "spec"]
> template-function: func [][print "template func"]
> special-function: func [][print "special"]
> ]
>
> Brett.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brett Handley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, April 12, 2001 9:31 PM
> Subject: [REBOL] Re: Use of 'context
>
>
> > > I recently discover the 'context word, but I do not see what
> functionality
> > > it adds compared to the creation of an object :
> >
> > Currently doesn't add any functionality, but does add readability.
> >
> > >> source context
> > context: func [
> > "Defines a unique (underived) object."
> > blk [block!] "Object variables and values."
> > ][
> > make object! blk
> > ]
> >
> > >What does RT means by "underived" (perhaps
> > > "un-inherited") ?
> >
> > I suspect just that it is a new object as opposed to one
> created like the
> > following
> >
> > first-object: context [name: "first"]
> > derived-object: make first-object []
> >
> > Brett.
> >
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