Hello Joel,
Thats quite some story... I think i need a study to understand the full background of it ;-) So give me some time .. ;-) Thanks for the reply.. (R)egards, Norman. > Hi, Norman, > > To be brief... > > No this is not a bug. It has to do with the nature of > "literal" series values in REBOL. Rather than repeat > the whole discussion here (this has come up MANY times > in the past), let me refer you to a previous essay > that I wrote in an attempt to explain this seemingly > unintuitive behavior for new REBOL programmers: > > http://www.escribe.com/internet/rebol/m19482.html > > (The email talks about a couple of issues, but the > specific item you're asking about is dealt with in > the latter half of the essay. I sincerely recommend > that you read the whole thing, however.) > > Let me know if that leaves any open questions for you. > > -jn- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > ... > > > > I would expect, because of tester: "", that everytime the > > function gets executed and the /local tester is set to "" > > by tester: "" > > ..which it does not??.. > > It does not. The value of that "literal string" is changed. > > -jn- > > -- > ; Joel Neely joeldotneelyatfedexdotcom > REBOL [] do [ do func [s] [ foreach [a b] s [prin b] ] sort/skip > do function [s] [t] [ t: "" foreach [a b] s [repend t [b a]] t ] { > | e s m!zauafBpcvekexEohthjJakwLrngohOqrlryRnsctdtiub} 2 ] > -- > To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the > subject, without the quotes. > > -- dinner/conversation: "How do you eat your Rebol in the morning?" -- To unsubscribe from this list, please send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" in the subject, without the quotes.
