On Sunday, August 18, 2002, at 08:38 , Matthew Walker wrote: > It would be fairer to compare > > Trim(emptyString) eq "" instead of emptystring eq "". > > It's not fair to say that 'eq ""' is simpler than > len(trim(nonEmptyString)) when the second case is performing one extra > optional function.
I was merely taking at face value the 'best practice' everyone bandies around here of replacing X EQ "" with LEN(TRIM(X)). I don't agree it's best practice. The end result is that in CFMX, the old saw that LEN(X) was the fastest way to do this is no longer true. Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com 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
