While what you say is true, folks should remember that CF will run any code outside of cffunction tags automatically. So, if you do this:
<cfcomponent> <cfset init()> <cffunction the init method > </cfunction> </cfcomponent> Then you will _not_ need to call init() yourself. ======================================================================== === Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc (www.mindseye.com) Member of Team Macromedia (http://www.macromedia.com/go/teammacromedia) 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: Hal Helms [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 12:29 AM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC/Object Best Practice > > > CFCs don't have true constructors at this time. To make up > for that, several people have standardized around the idea of > a method called init(), but it's up to the programmer to call > init(); the system doesn't do it itself. > > Hal Helms ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=t:4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm?link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 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