World: r3wp

no, the path evaluation scheme uses a string parser

a path is a string in memory

the rules are differents

I think I see what you mean when you say a new datatype...  yes, 
it would be a get-set word, but the path notation already makes it 
clear how that should work... and I've used it often

so semantically its nothing new.  but in the context of the above 
multi-assign, I concur that the meaning becomes a bit obscure.

yes but it's not transposable as-is in plain rebol

it has to be a new datatype

just as get-word and set-word are different datatypes.  this is just 
the combination of both actually, code wise, its probably a one hour 
affaire for Carl, maybe even less.

if he thinks it's valuable, i think it's easy to do too

posted a note about it in R3 chat... just to see his reaction  :-)

a: [x y]
b: 'a
:b: [22 33]
== x: 22
== y: 33

probably a flame :)

hehe

Geomol, I wrote MAP-EACH and APPLY functions for R2/Forward - both 
required code generation by the function.

Pekr, your disdain of install and user directories will fail on systems 
that are locked down for corporate or public use - too insecure.

Steeve, Maxim, you guys are hilarious :)

not deliberate

The compliment stands :)

A path is not a string in memory, btw. It's more like a block.

well, i only said that without knowing the true truth, only to gain 
a victory against Maxim

HAHAHA

The string parsing is done at LOAD time. Keep fighting :)

spoken like a true french would...

if you can't beat him... lie!    ;-p

Usually it works

(for the record... I'm french speaking too :-)

So you would know :)

(ithough,  was right on the specific evaluation scheme)

americans exaggerate, we just invent stuff... its more fun... hehehe 
 but we all lie  !  ;-D

Yeah, it's still parsed, but it's block-parsed instead of string-parsed.

so it's a mid-lie

half a truth is no truth AT ALL !!!!

I prefer to think that I deduce and induce, rather than lie :)

assuming is just lying with a good case!

;-)

As long as you track (and preferably state) your assumptions, it's 
not even lying at all.

right... that's just boring .... hahaha

it was just imprecision.
I too simplified to be sure that Maxim got it

All right, you foreigners, tell me what you think of http://curecode.org/rebol3/ticket.rsp?id=1212

i never use ALIAS

(just being silly about the foreigners stuff, but the ticket is serious)

Where's Jerry when you need him?

In a decade of REBOLing, Ive tried to use it exactly twice, and ended 
up having problems, so I created global words instead and forgot 
about it.

Guys, what are you coding with R3 currently ?

I've been mostly writing R3 itself. The projects I want to work on 
require capabilities that R2 don't have, and R3 didn't - until recently.

I've been trying to get R3 in shape to use for my projects, and it's 
been paying off recently (extensions, command!).

Actually, there is too much evolutions, i can't focus on a specific 
project

Haven't used R3 for anything serious yet.


but now that extensions are upon us, the OpenGL integration will 
allow me to use R3 for a *VERY* serious project.  still need Carl 
to fix the make/copy issue before I can convert most of my cool stuff 
over to R3 (like liquid and globs).

I hope extensions will be in the linux and mac ports shortly.

R2 still pays the bills and works very well for me.

OpenGL integration is a too big project for me, i lost my motivation 
after some days

Its working on my system  :-)


when A80 is out, depending on what he will have added to the API, 
I will try to port a simple OpenGL game to REBOL  :-)