Summary

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	File:     ivalue.icn

	Subject:  Procedures to convert string to Icon value

	Author:   Ralph E. Griswold

	Date:     October 12, 1996

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   This file is in the public domain.

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  This procedure turns a string from image() into the corresponding Icon
  value.  It can handle integers, real numbers, strings, csets, keywords,
  structures, and procedures.  For the image of a structure, it produces a
  result of the correct type and size, but any values in the structure
  are not likely to be correct, since they are not encoded in the image.
  For procedures, the procedure must be present in the environment in
  which ivalue() is evaluated.  This generally is true for built-in
  procedures (functions).

  All keywords are supported even if image() does not produce a string
  of the form "&name" for them.  The values produced for non-constant
  keywords are, of course, the values they have in the environment in
  which ivalue() is evaluated.

  ivalue() also can handle non-local variables (image() does not produce
  these), but they must be present in the environment in which ivalue()
  is evaluated.

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This file is part of the (main) package.

ivalue(___s___)

: convert string to Icon value

struct___(s)