I know it's not a bug, it's just an eye opener for me -- I didn't think cf was capable of pointers in the past so, I never worried about it.
Pointers do have it's places -- REFERENCING a value. If you plan on doing work on the original value or replacing it, it's best to use the duplicate() function to protect the original value. I just mentioned this to one of the local developers here and he's like, "So what? I want the session.whatever.duh to be this new value, that's less work I have to do. I said, true, but what if you've got an error -- now you can't go back to the original value. He was like, even if I'm using duplicate(), I'm still going to overlay the session.user.blah to this value... I added, yes, you are.. but, now you can put error checking in before you do the overlay. All in all, I guess learning stuff like this seperates the hacks from the true developers. ~Todd On Wed, 12 Jun 2002, Raymond Camden wrote: > Be aware that this isn't a bug - or even an issue (grin). If you know > what you are doing, this could be pretty powerful. For example, if > working with a structure in the request scope, something like: > > request.moo.jedi.coo.cows.moo.dogs.bark.cats.barf.jacob.lynn > > You can create a temp ref by using assignment. This will save you a few > hours of typing. ;) > > ======================================================================= > Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Macromedia > > Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo IM : morpheus > > "My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 12, 2002 9:52 AM > > To: CF-Talk > > Subject: re: Absolutly neccesary to cflock session variables > > > > > > Well, it's true...crude. =P > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
