To, make, load, transcode given string sources

Drafting notes to facilitate discussion of string conversions to different types.

Related

To vs make

PARSE binary includes spaces into datatype match

String conversions

type	to	make	load	transcode/one	Notes
unset!	any	any	N/A	N/A	Can’t produce unset with load/transcode
none!	any	any	" #[none] "	" #[none] "	Leading and trailing whitespace allowed
logic!	see note	see note	true	true	Only (true)/(false), not on/off or yes/no; leading and trailing whitespace allowed. For to/make see [this](https://github.com/red/red/wiki/%5BDOC%5D-%60to%60-vs-%60make%60)
char!	#"a"	a	a	#"a"	to/make use the first char of the string only; leading and trailing whitespace allowed for load/transcode
integer!	123	123	123.45	123.45	Given "123.45" to/make don’t allow leading whitespace; trailing whitespace is OK. Load/transcode load floats as floats.
float!	123.45	123.45	123.45	123.45	Given "123.45" to/make don’t allow leading or trailing whitespace.
percent!	50%	50%	50%	50%	Given "50%" to/make allow trailing whitespace, but not leading whitespace.
pair!	1x2	1x2	1x2	1x2	Given "1x2" to/make allow leading whitespace, but not trailing whitespace.
tuple!	1.2.3	1.2.3	1.2.3	1.2.3	Given "1.2.3" to/make allow leading whitespace, but not trailing whitespace.

TBD

date!	now/date	10-Jun-2018	10-Jun-2018	10-Jun-2018	10-Jun-2018
time!	now/time	21:07:47	21:07:47	21:07:47	21:07:47
word!	'abc	abc	abc	abc	abc
set-word!	quote abc:	abc	abc	abc:	abc:
lit-word!	quote 'abc	abc	abc	'abc	'abc
get-word!	quote :abc	abc	abc	:abc	:abc
refinement!	/abc	abc	abc	/abc	/abc
issue!	#abc	abc	abc	#abc	#abc
block!	[1 2 3]	123	1 2 3	[1 2 3]	[1 2 3]
paren!	quote (1 2 3)	123	1 2 3	(1 2 3)	(1 2 3)
hash!	make hash! [1 2 3]	123	1 2 3	make hash! …​	make hash! …​
path!	'a/b/c	a/b/c	a/b/c	a/b/c	a/b/c
lit-path!	quote 'a/b/c	'a/b/c	'a/b/c	'a/b/c	'a/b/c
set-path!	quote a/b/c:	a/b/c:	a/b/c:	a/b/c:	a/b/c:
get-path!	quote :a/b/c	:a/b/c	:a/b/c	:a/b/c	:a/b/c
string!	"abc"	abc	abc	"abc"	"abc"
file!	%abc.def	abc.def	abc.def	%abc.def	%abc.def
url!	http://abc.def	http://abc.def	http://abc.def	http://abc.def	http://abc.def
tag!	<a href="red-lang.org">	a href="red-lang.org"	<a href="red-lang.org">	<a href="red-lang.org">	<a href="red-lang.org">
email!	user@host.com	user@host.com	user@host.com	user@host.com	user@host.com
vector!	make vector! [1 2 3]	1 2 3	1 2 3	make vector! …​	make vector! …​
image!	make image! 2x2	make image! …​	make image! …​	make image! …​	make image! …​
binary!	#{313233}	123	#{313233}	#{313233}	#{313233}
bitset!	charset "abc"	make bitset! …​	make bitset! …​	make bitset! …​	make bitset! …​
map!	#[a: 1 b: 2]	a: 1 b: 2	a: 1 b: 2	#[ a: 1 b: 2 ]	#[ a: 1 b: 2 ]
object!	object [a: 1 b: 2]	a: 1 b: 2	a: 1 b: 2	make object! …​	make object! …​
error!	try [1 / 0]	* Math Error: …​	* Math Error: …​	make error! …​	make error! …​
native!	:if	?native?	?native?	make native! …​	make native! …​
action!	:add	?action?	?action?	make action! …​	make action! …​
op!	:+	?op?	?op?	make op! …​	make op! …​
function!	func [a b][a + b]	?function?	?function?	func[…​][…​]	func[…​][…​]
routine!	:event?	?routine?	?routine?	routine[…​][…​]	routine[…​][…​]
datatype!	action!	action	action	action!	action!
typeset!	number!	make typeset! …​	make typeset! …​	make typeset! …​	make typeset! …​