At 11:52 PM 7/24/2002 -0500, you wrote: >I understand what you are saying about clearly stating the inputs (and the >outputs) to make sense of what is going into the tag... >But in this case, we are basically passing variable datasource and table >names, color settings and such... Any noticable parameters are being passed >as attributes to the tag specifically. > >Would this be considered poor practice?
On the contrary, I think this would be considered a good programming practice. It promotes code reusability. Basing a custom tag on parameters in the request scope violates code modularization principles, and in my opinion is bad. Others do not agree with me. I'm reminded of something that one of my college professors told me. In the real world, 90% of the people will use global variables because they don't understand proper parameter passing. The request scope is global to a single request, so putting variables in it can be considered the use of global variables. ColdFusion doesn't allow you to specify if you are passing by value or by reference, however it does do that behind the scenes (Structures / objects are passed by reference and simple values / arrays are passed by value). (<-- or is that just to UDFs? ) With all that said, not everyone is going to agree with me and I guess it is open to interpretation. -- Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Need a Web Developer? Contact me! AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 -- My CFMX Book: <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-talk@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
