Andrew,
That would break some existing Rebol scripts. Right now, someone might
have some Rebol code written like:
x: true
either X[2][3]
This would break with your implementation.
Why not use X/2 ? It's shorter anyway.
Bohdan "Bo" Lechnowsky
Lechnowsky Technical Consulting
At 05:05 PM 10/16/03 +1300, you wrote:
>It occurred to me as I was writing Rebol code, that it's possible to
>re-use these characters [], () & {}, in useful ways. I've noticed that
>when I'm writing block!, paren! & string values, I leave white space
>before and after the [], () & {} characters. It would be nice to have:
>
> >> X: ["a" "b" "c"]
>== ["a" "b" "c"]
> >> X[2]
>== "b"
>
>In other words, by running the block "hard" against the word, it's like:
> pick X 2
>
>I don't know what use () and {} could have, though. What's your
>thoughts?
>
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