Scope != type Robertson-Ravo, Neil (RX) wrote: > It would defeat the purpose and wonder of ColdFusion being typeless etc. > > > > > "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, > Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, > Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is > confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the > intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note > that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the > information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have > received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call > our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this > communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." > Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: Gaulin, Mark > To: CF-Talk > Sent: Mon May 21 18:26:07 2007 > Subject: RE: Shocked! > > Yeah, I wish there was an admin setting that would REQUIRE all variables > to be scoped (like VB's "Option Explicit"). Of course, I sometimes get > lazy and don't include the "variables." scope prefix, so I'd get stung > by this once in a while too, but hey, that would be a good thing. > > Mark > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, May 21, 2007 1:09 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Shocked! > > I just looked at some code from another developer and noticed that they > were accessing variables in the arguments scope witout using the > ARGUMENTS. prefix to the variable name. I was about to wander over to > him and ask him why his application wasn't working when I decided I'd > better test it first. > > I was shocked to see my test function work. I just can't believe that > Adobe would even expose those variables without a scope prefix. I know > that it does a top-down search through the myriad of scopes, but this > just seems flat out dangerous. > > Was anyone else aware of this? > > - Steve > > > > > >
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