I've always written:
head reverse Foo
Carl, I'm for the change.
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Andrew Martin
----- Original Message -----
From: "Carl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, December 17, 2004 9:01 AM
Subject: [REBOL] head reverse annoys me
>
> I'm not sure if anyone has been annoyed by REVERSE returning
> the tail position. I know I have. Everywhere I see REVERSE used
> like this: ... head reverse foo.
>
> It's my fault. I defined REVERSE like this for the same reason I defined
> INSERT and other series functions to do the same: to not lose
> "information"
> (in other words to preserve the ending location). But, that feature is
> rarely,
> if ever, used (in REVERSE that is).
>
> I'm inclined to change it to return the starting location, but I thought
> it
> might
> be good to discuss this openly. Will such a change break existing code?
> It could, if anyone uses the result of REVERSE. But, that would surprise
> me.
> I've never used it in "millions" of lines of code. (That's like dog
> years.)
>
> It's a small thing, but I don't like new users to get annoyed with stuff
> like this.
>
> "Say the word, and it will be done by sundown today."
>
> -Carl
>
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