Hi Steven,
sometime ago I had a similar experience, but the other way round. In the
REBOL dictionary I found function descriptions that were not present in the
actual / current REBOL release.
When I asked about this on the ML I was pointed to a newer beta version. So,
the documentation sometimes is updated before the corresponding REBOL
release is Generally Available (GA).
I think it's a pity that beta releases are so long in beta stage! Even more
because it appeared to me that some beta versions are crippled in some ways
as well. So, one has to choose BETWEEN the official release and miss out
beautiful new functions AND a beta release with nice new functions, but
somehow crippled.
It would be nice if RT would supply a base release with fixes that can be
applied individually by users.
I know that currently a lot is being done to produce a fresh GA release of
View, which is quite nice. Perhaps after that the documentation will be more
in sync as well ;-)
Kind regards,
Arie
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From: "Steven White" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, January 09, 2004 11:51 PM
Subject: [REBOL] What else don't I know
>
> I was looking around various REBOL sites and came across a script that
> uses a function called "emailer" which seems to be a REBOL function that
> pops up a window for sending an email message. "help emailer" at the
> console confirms the function's existence.
>
> I looked at the function dictionary on the REBOL web site and did NOT
> see a reference to "emailer."
>
> This makes me wonder what other functions there might be that are not
> documented. Does everyone else just stumble across these things or is
> there some documentation I am missing? One would think that the REBOL
> Function Dictionary would contain all the functions.
>
> I know I can list all the system words and just look them over one at a
> time to see what they do. Is that what it takes? Am I just getting too
> lazy? Is the missing "emailer" function just a single omission that
> slipped through the cracks?
>
> Thank you.
>
>
> Steven White
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