Order of operations problem?

[mhillmer]

Trying to understand blocks and data formats, I try this in the console:

btime: [12:00]

if first btime > now/time [ print "before noon" ]

results in:
** Script Error: Expected one of: block! - not: time!
** Where: halt-view
** Near: if first btime > now/time

However, this:
if now/time < first btime [ print "before noon" ]

Works just fine.

However, this also works:
if btime/1 > now/time [ print "nefore noon" ]
 
(this also works with the btime/1 and now/time reversed)

Seems to me that all of these statements should work, since:
type? first btime
time!
type? now/time
time!
type btime/1
time!

are all true statements... unless I'm missing something about the way Rebol is handling the order of operations?

Matt
 

[Gabriele]

Infix operators cannot be smart enough to figure out by themselves what you want them to do. You need to use:

Code:

if (first btime) > now/time [print "before noon"]

because, otherwise, REBOL sees it as:

Code:

if first (btime > now/time) [print "before noon"]