OK, rethought it some more, and despite that you are right I thought it would be enough (most of the time) to prefix all local variables with _* for now....
--Maarten > Can you give me a sample function that doesn't work? > > --Maarten > > > Hi > > > > > 1) your implementation uses "keywords": [ref-mode p1 p2 r w comm > > > statement ret either get bind to-word append mold on off refinement! > > > word! copy > > > > parse > > > > > _*loops _*myspec insert to-path _*mycall if _*loop-detected true return > > > until false set do not]. The need to have keywords can be eliminated. > > > > <<Maarten:>> > > I agree. But the idea is to have some kind of stack frame. I found it > > handy to use keywords there. Along the same road a class hierarchy can be > > implemented. > > <</Maarten>> > > > > I am not sure we understood each other. What I wanted to tell was, that > > your implementation wouldn't correctly handle functions with > > arguments/locals from the "Keywords" block. (Actually, it looks to me, > > that another "keyword" I didn't mention was 'local, which might really > > mean a serious limitation). > > > > > 2) Why did you use the CATCH function attribute? > > > > <<Maarten:>> > > A local code convention in our project. > > <</Maarten>> > > > > That might not be as useful as it may look at a first glance. I suggest > > you to look at http://www.rebol.cz/cffr.html . See the reasons why I > > wrote TRANSP-FUNC, especially WRT the CATCH attribute. > > > > > 3) Refinements can be passed more transparently. > > > > <<Maarten:>> > > I see. But... I use this technique also in Rugby, where this is the only > > way because you are in a distributed environment. Stolen from myself ;-) > > <</Maarten>> > > > > It might be interesting to compare the speed of these two, although there > > are other possible alternatives ... > > > > > 4) Other simplifications/generalizations were possible. I have "stolen" > > > some ideas from my > > > > <<Maarten:>> > > Cool! I hope others are reading this thread because it is very insightful > > to (have) demonstrate(d) the true power of Rebol: if it isn't there, you > > can built it in no time. Rebol really transforms into what *you* want it > > to be. Human-centered software engineering for the programmers.... > > > > --Maarten > > <</Maarten>> > > > > Well said. > > > > > Cheers > > > Ladislav -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
