Hi,
either an NPE is throw or you get a string with starting with "null".
I think we keep it as it is now.
Best,
Peter
Am 11.05.2017 um 16:33 schrieb Wolf-Dietrich Materna:
> @Peter: Thank you for creating and fixing UIMA-5423.
> If we switch to null as default value: what happens if we use the variable
> without explicit initialization?
> Example:
> STRING name, fullname;
> Name {-> MATCHEDTEXT(name, 1),
> ASSIGN(fullname, fullname + " " + name), // append string and space to
> "fullname" without initialization.
> ...}
> In general using fullname without initialization can be considered as bad
> style. But I'm afraid, that many users writes similar code.
> Wolf
>
> -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: Peter Klügl [mailto:[email protected]]
> Gesendet: Mittwoch, 10. Mai 2017 11:10
> An: [email protected]
> Betreff: Re: Variables in Ruta scripts are not initialized properly by
> RutaEngine if their script is called by others
>
> btw, the intial value "" (empty string) of string variables has historical
> reasons. Maybe we should switch it to null?
>
>
> Peter
>
>
> Am 09.05.2017 um 09:03 schrieb Peter Klügl:
>> Hi,
>>
>>
>> thanks. I've taken the liberty of creating a jira issue for this. I
>> will fix it soon.
>>
>>
>> Best,
>>
>>
>> Peter
>>
