URL! should be allowed for script on command-line...and... other types?

[Siskin-Bot]

Submitted by: fork

Currently the script name given on the command line must be a filename. It would be nice if a URL could be used instead.

    rebol http://reb4.me/something param1 param2 param3

The more general thought from this would be "you should be able to pass anything that DO would take", and have it replace the --do switch. This would run into contention in the general case if you tried the likes of:

     rebol "append/only system/options/args 1"

That could be a file called "args 1" under some directories. While forcing people to put % in front of their file names would be one answer, that's not an answer compatible with automatic command line completion.

So a way to think of requesting a DO of code behavior would be to still not have a --do switch but enclose the first argument in brackets or parens:

    rebol "[append/only system/options/args 1]"

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^{Imported from: CureCode [ Version: r3 master Type: Wish Platform: All Category: Unspecified Reproduce: Always Fixed-in:none ]
Imported from: metaeducation/rebol-issues#2249}

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Rebolbot added the Type.wish on Jan 12, 2016

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