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Re: st: RE: surprising behaviour in -lookfor-?


From   David Elliott <[email protected]>
To   [email protected]
Subject   Re: st: RE: surprising behaviour in -lookfor-?
Date   Tue, 27 Jan 2009 22:12:04 -0400

Nick commented:
> I am a bit puzzled about David's comment that you may be bitten by
> -lookfor- because it looks in variable labels. As that is about half of
> what -lookfor- is intended to do, it is not really to be considered a
> limitation of -lookfor-.

Perhaps I misunderstood - I inferred from Jeph's example that he was
searching in variable names. Upon rereading - that was a bit of a
stretch on my part.  But, hey, we got a new ado for special situations
as a consequence, so it's all good.


-- 
David Elliott

Everything is theoretically impossible, until it is done.
Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things.
 -- Robert A. Heinlein (American science-fiction Writer, 1907-1988)
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