as of CFMX (I believe), you could implicitly create a structure like that, yes.
since periods are not valid characters in variable names, CF sees it and assumes struct/key, and creates the struct. On 10/4/05, Mike Soultanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am a little bit confused about declaring a structure. Take a look at > the following: > > <cfset name.first = "mike" /> > <cfset name.last = "soultanian" /> > > Assuming that I never explicitly declared "name" as a struct, is the > preceding code segment valid? If I then do a <cfdump var="#name#" /> it > will say that it's a struct, even though I didn't actually declare it > using structnew(). > > The reason I ask is because I have noticed, especially in CFCs, that > coders will use variables.instance.<variable names> without ever > declaring variables.instance as a structure. > > Any thoughts? > > Thanks, > Mike > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:220074 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
