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TypeIssue Statussubmitted Date29-Jul-2015 15:09
Versionr3 master CategoryUnspecified Submitted byfork
PlatformAll Severityminor Prioritynormal

Summary PROTECT/DEEP of lit-word or lit-path should error
Description PROTECT 'FOO and PROTECT FOO are different; one protects a word from being used to change the variable to which it is bound, and the other protects the value itself. So for protecting the value:

>> foo: [a [b c] d]
>> protect foo

>> append foo 'muhaha
** Script error: protected value or series - cannot modify
** Where: append
** Near: append foo 'muhaha

>> foo: 10
== 10

In contrast, protecting the word:

>> foo: [a [b c] d]
>> protect 'foo

>> append foo 'muhaha
== [a [b c] d muhaha]

>> foo: 10
** Script error: protected variable - cannot modify: foo:

But the /DEEP refinement does something weird with the lit-word (or lit-path) protect, to suddenly mean you want to protect the word *and* the series:

>> foo: [a [b c] d]
>> protect/deep 'foo

>> append foo 'muhaha
** Script error: protected value or series - cannot modify
** Where: append
** Near: append foo 'muhaha

>> append foo/2 'muhaha
** Script error: protected value or series - cannot modify
** Where: append
** Near: append foo/2 'muhaha

>> foo: 10
** Script error: protected variable - cannot modify: foo:

It's a little tricky to begin with, but this just makes things worse. /DEEP should be an error if the target is just a word or path lookup itself. This would help prevent cases where people accidentally wind up protecting the word when they really meant to protect the value deeply.
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Assigned ton/a Fixed in- Last Update29-Jul-2015 15:15


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