[REBOL] Re: [ Core ] Meaning of FLAGS?
From: holger:rebol at: 4-Apr-2002 6:52
On Thu, Apr 04, 2002 at 11:09:57AM +0200, Gabriele Santilli wrote:
> The most important ones are in:
>
> >> print mold system/standard/port-flags
>
> make object! [
> direct: 524288
> pass-thru: 4194304
> open-append: 4
> open-new: 8
> ]
Yes, and those are the only flags that can be publically
accessed, and only from a port handler, not from an
application. If you do access flags from a port handler then
always use the symbolic names, not the numbers, because they
tend to change between REBOL versions.
> A long time ago, while writing a port handler, I was using:
>
> modes: make object! [
> read: 1
> write: 2
> new: 8
> string: 16
> binary: 32
> lines: 64
> wait: 2048
> direct: 524288
> ]
Those values are not correct any more. Don't use them.
--
Holger Kruse
[kruse--nordicglobal--com]
