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From: ghost@aladdin.com (L. Peter Deutsch)
Newsgroups: comp.lang.postscript
Subject: Semantics of bind
Message-ID: <38.UUL1.3#5127@aladdin.com>
Date: 2 Jan 91 00:40:27 GMT
Organization: Aladdin Enterprises, Menlo Park, CA
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I'm puzzled about two things in the operation of the PostScript
'bind' operator.

1) The Red Book seems to imply that bind will affect the top level of
a procedure even if the procedure is read-only or execute-only, but
not interior read- or execute-only procedures.  Is this really the
case?

2) Does bind affect packed arrays?  If not, packed arrays are of
substantially less value for the thing I would have thought they
would be ideal for, namely, procedures.

I would welcome enlightenment on this obscure subject.

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