Isn't that what I said Sean? ;) Jesse Noller [EMAIL PROTECTED] Macromedia Server Development
"No concept man forms is valid unless he integrates it without contradiction into the sum of his knowledge." - Ayn Rand > -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 12:48 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: The Myth of Bugs (Was Huge Ungainly thread of Doom) > > On Wednesday, Oct 9, 2002, at 08:41 US/Pacific, Jesse Noller wrote: > > So, say you use something like, (lets pick on something easy) fusebox. > > Fusebox > > Let me jump in before people start flaming Jesse for "picking on" > Fusebox... > > > is a "methodology" for programming your CF application. Now, say you > > have a huge application written in it, a lot of customization... > > > > Is it reasonable to expect every single function, line of code, etc to > > be fully functional when an entire REWRITE of the language is done? > > > > No. It's not. You will run into problems, this is part of the problem > > with allowing "any type of coding" to be utilized. > > ..a concrete example in this context is the use of 'url' as a variable > name. In CFMX, 'url' is a struct because it represents a scope (just > like session, request etc). CF5 let you have free (unqualified) > variables with these names - CFMX does not. It's a small change that > tightens up the language. What it breaks is code that relies on > *unqualified* variables called url, session, scope etc. I was told (and > I have not been able to verify this) that an earlier version of FB used > 'url' as an unqualified variable name. > > That's the sort of thing Jesse means: > - good practice: scope your variables and give them descriptive names > - bad practice: reusing an existing name (a scope name) for a different > purpose > > An Architect's View -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > Macromedia DevCon 2002, October 27-30, Orlando, Florida > Architecting a New Internet Experience > Register today at http://www.macromedia.com/go/devcon2002 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_talk FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm
