I find -levelsof- very useful, but a while back
decided it would be more useful if it also returned
the number of levels.
When I looked at the -ado- file, it seemed like
a trivial hack; the local macro -nvals- was already
there, so I just added
return local nvals `nvals'
This seems to work, yet seems much too easy; but
looking through the code for a reason this
might sometimes fail, I couldn't find one.
So, my question is, is there a reason -levelsof-
doesn't return -nvals-? I use it so often, I worry
that maybe I'm setting myself up for disaster.
thanks,
Jeph
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