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help with word! seems broken #10

Closed btiffin closed 12 years ago

btiffin commented 12 years ago

w> help 'abc ** Script error: abc has no value ** Near: path! <> type? :word w> a: 'abc == abc w> help a a is a word! of value: abc w>

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Geomol commented 12 years ago

This is a difference from REBOL. Functions with literal arguments get a word! when giving a lit-word!. So you can write e.g.:

w> ? add or w> ? 'add

with same result. There's not much point in being told, 'add is a lit-word!. Close issue if you agree.