On Sat, 6 Nov 2010, Gregg Irwin wrote: > > Hi Duke, > > DN> So _exactly_ what is the significance of _#_? > > It's simple a lexical element in the REBOL grammar. Imagine the parser > going along, breaking a string of characters up and identifying the > types and values. When it comes to a space, the next character guides > it. Is it a digit? Then we need to go further and see if it's a > decimal or an integer. If we see a dollar sign, it's a money! value. > If we see a # followed by an alphanum, it's an issue. If it's a # > followed by a quote, bracket, or curly brace, it's a char, serialized > value, or binary, etc.
I see the rationale! Thanks... -- Duke -- To unsubscribe from the list, just send an email to lists at rebol.com with unsubscribe as the subject.
