Dave and others, Adobe's own coding guidelines if I read it right says this.
<cfcomponent> ... Local variables ... public variables ... Pseudo constructor (if required) ... Public methods ... Package methods ... Private methods </cfcomponent> And although it is unclear, it does clearly state that it is the norm to use init as a pseudo constructor. However in the likes of coldspring it is best to use a pseudo constructure configure() as init() is already used by coldspring. So you want to talk about confusiong, then this adds more fuel to the fire as far as I am concerned. I still stand by the fact that local / public variables is not defined in a pseudo-constructor, its the wrong description for it. And it should remain that Coldfusion doesn't use constructors, but in the case one is needed then the adopted coding standard is to use init() as psuedo-constructor as defined by the Adobe website coding guidelines. Andrew Scott Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 9015 8628 Mobile: 0404 998 273 -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, 30 April 2008 3:46 AM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: APPLICATION scope unknown in Application.cfc > I was under the impression that a "pseudo constructor" was a > function that returns itself... That would be an actual constructor. CF doesn't support that, so all we can do is set properties. Many people refer to these properties collectively as a "pseudo-constructor". Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Training: Adobe/Google/Paperthin Certified Partners http://training.figleaf.com/ WebManiacs 2008: the ultimate conference for CF/Flex/AIR developers! http://www.webmaniacsconference.com/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:304444 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
