On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 20:07:21 +1000, Brett Handley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Maybe this situation indicates that the "why" of Robert's need should be > looked at? So Robert, Why did you want the special set-path form - to > save your fingers or for some other reason? Hi, there are several reasons: - For storing data I'm always working with nested blocks of name/value pairs. This has proven to be the best approach yet. My goal is to keep this "database" as the master of data, the source. To avoid copying around and to minimize searches in big databases, I always try to work "in place" by using a reference. - Such paths are easy to create programmatically. This code can be used to access/alter record structures in an abstract way, because I can specify parts of a path! (including the last part of a path!) by variables. - I find it logical in the Rebol context. I hope these are good reasons for it :-) Robert -- To unsubscribe from this list, just send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe as the subject.
