I think the problem is that some folks are confusing scope with type... Eric
-----Original Message----- From: Claude Schneegans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2007 8:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: Re: Shocked! >>I come from a C#/Java background, Your background is probably to light, I've worked with tens of languages, including Fortran, Algol, Pascal, Lisp, Snobol, C, C++, Java, and I don't remember any in which scoping was mandatory or even possible for parameters. -- _______________________________________ REUSE CODE! Use custom tags; See http://www.contentbox.com/claude/customtags/tagstore.cfm (Please send any spam to this address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Thanks. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Deploy Web Applications Quickly across the enterprise with ColdFusion MX7 & Flex 2 Free Trial http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=RVJU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:278928 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4