Hm.. you seem quite bleak in question here.  would you mind giving us an
example where you_need_a word in the function to be the same spelling as a
word that refers to a parse rule?

Thanks!!
Ammon


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marcus Petersson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 1:00 PM
Subject: [REBOL] Stupid function contexts (or stupid Rebol user?)


> Hi,
>
> For probably the hundredth time, I have stumbled over the problem with
> function contexts, or however you would call it.
>
> It's the usual problem:  There's an object, containing a bunch of parse
> rules and a function. The parse rules make use of same words that are
> local to the function. This doesn't work of course.
>
> Solution 1 (bad):  Put all the parse rules in the function, which means
> they are redefined every time the function is executed.
>
> Solution 2 (worse):  Put all words in the object, which mean the function
> can only be called once at a time, i.e. it must finish until it can be
> called again, since some words can't be shared. This makes using it with
> several faces at once impossible.
>
> Solution 3 (good):  Insert you suggestion here, please. :-)
>
>
> Btw, does anyone have a decent standalone presentation script? Something
> using simple colored named boxes, which you can connect your own docs
> presented in a similar fashion to the easy-draw doc (a full MDP-to-VID
> converter would be nicer still). I have thrown together one which almost
> does what I want, except that it doesn't quite work because of the problem
> above, and besides it's not general at all. A dialect for building this
> kind of presentation would come useful.
>
> Marcus
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