When it comes to cfcomponent, function, and argument, mx allows random crap that gets appended to the metadata. So, you can do stuff like:
<cffunction name="foo" returnType="array" weather="sunny" use="theforce"> ======================================================================= Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of Team Macromedia Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog Yahoo IM : morpheus "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > -----Original Message----- > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 10:51 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: > cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_what_the_hell?_ > > > > <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > > <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > > Is that not still a bug? Should the CF parser not throw an > error on the invalid property? > > > You mispelled default in your second argument - therefore > > a default > > value was not created. > > > ========================================================== > > ============= > > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc Member of > > Team Macromedia > > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog > > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2003 7:43 PM > >> To: CF-Talk > >> Subject: cffunction_arguments_"[undefined_struct_element]"_--_what > >> _the_hell?_ > >> > >> > >> I'm working with a function that's designed to return > >> alternative values for "yes" or "no" from yesnoformat() > >> > >> I have this code: > >> > >> <cffunction name="alttext" returntype="string"> > >> <cfargument name="itemid" type="string" required="true"> > >> <cfargument name="no" type="string" defualt="New"> > >> <cfargument name="yes" type="string" default="Edit"> > >> > >> <cfset var istrue = false> > >> <cfset arguments["No"] = arguments[2]> > >> <cfset arguments.no = arguments[2]> > >> <cfdump var="#arguments#"> > >> > >> <cfif not isnumeric(itemid)> > >> <cfset itemid = len(trim(itemid))></cfif> > >> > >> <cfreturn arguments[yesnoformat(itemid)]> > >> </cffunction> > >> > >> > >> A couple of those lines were added to see if I could work > >> around the problem, which is that where the cfdump is > >> executed, the value shown for arguments.no is "[undefined > >> struct element]" ... What I don't understand is > >> -- if the key exists, how is the struct element not > >> defined? > >> And if it was obviously able to get the value of the key > >> "no" > >> from the cfargument tag, why was it not able to get the > >> default value "New"? > >> > >> Incidentally, no exception is thrown when the value is > >> false, > >> it just returns an empty string. > >> > >> Any help greatly appreciated. > >> > >> s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > >> > >> new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > >> > >> lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > >> > >> tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > >> > >> certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > >> http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cf> > >> m?ID=21816 > >> > >> > >> > >> > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > ~~~~~~~~~~~| > > Archives: > > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 > > Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index. > > cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 > > 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 > > > Unsubscribe: > http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/uns > > > ubscribe.cfm?user=633.558.4 > > > > s. isaac dealey 954-776-0046 > > new epoch http://www.turnkey.to > > lead architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > > tapestry api is opensource http://www.turnkey.to/tapi > > certified advanced coldfusion 5 developer > http://www.macromedia.com/v1/handlers/index.cfm?ID=21816 > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4