Steven White napsal(a):
>This is a question, but it also might be an example of what is hard about =
>REBOL. One can look at the dictionary to find out what one "can" do with =
>REBOL, but that doesn't necessarily tell what one "must" do or "should" =
>do.
>
>I want to write a re-useable module for printing. It will contains some =
>functions, plus some data that is used by the functions. I will put the =
>module into a larger program with the "do" command. I have done that =
>before, know how to do it, no problem.
>
>In this module I will have to name the functions and data. For example,
>=20
> PAGE-SIZE: 58
> PRINT-BEFORE-1: func [ etc. ]
>
>Now, IF I named them as above, and then at some future time wrote another =
>re-useable module, AND happened to use those same names because I forgot =
>about the first module, AND I used both modules in a program, THEN there =
>would be a problem with conflicting names.
>
>So, what I would do in my "native" language, and what I could do in REBOL, =
>is put a prefix on all data names in the module, like
>
> PRT-PAGE-SIZE: 59
> PRT-PRINT-BEFORE-1: func [ etc. ]
>
>This prefix would be used only in this one module, and so would give me =
>unique names.
>
>BUT, the question is, is that what one SHOULD do in REBOL, or is there =
>another approach, specifically, the CONTEXT statement? Is the CONTEXT =
>statement intended to be the solution to this problem? Am I supposed to =
>code something like
>
> PRT: context [
> PAGE-SIZE: 58
> PRINT-BEFORE-1: func [ etc ]
> ]
>
>and then refer to PRT/PAGE-SIZE and PRT/PRINT-BEFORE-1?
>
>Thank you.
>
>
>Steven White
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>
>
hi Steven,
my approach is as follows:
context [
page-size: 58
set 'print-before-1 func [etc]
]
My context is anonymous, as opposed to your solution. I discern the
words that I want to access only locally and the words that should be
available globally. e.g. 'print-before-1 may be a global word, while
'page-size will be a local word not supposed to be accessed globally.
-L
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