Using a UUID as an object identifier has often been promoted as a way to compare two objects to see if they are the same. About halfway down the page:
http://www.adobe.com/devnet/coldfusion/articles/oo_coldfusion.html "To test for equality of two objects, you need a way of providing objects with their own, unique identity. A UUID would be a good solution. Many languages have the concept of object identity; ColdFusion does not, but you can add this in quite easily by modifying component.cfc." Of course, this has other unintended consequences, such as the one you are describing. -Cameron On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 11:01 AM, shawn gorrell <chees...@yahoo.com> wrote: > You got it. Basically a way of giving each instance a unique number. For > what reason? I have no idea. Much better ways to accomplish exactly the same > thing. The app came out shortly after CFC's came about, so I think there was > some irrational exuberance about objects in play. Some people have gotten > over that mindset, and others have gotten even worse. Sometimes I long for > the days when CF was actually simple. There are people in the community that > are trying to make it as complex as Java. When CF reaches that point, I'll > just quit doing it and write Java code instead. Why deal with a middle man > if the coding is going to be equally hard? This isn't me ranting about a > desire to get rid of CFC's, far from it, but I do think that not everything > has to be an object and not everything needs to be some pristine example of > OO genius. I find "necessary complexity" (meaning simplicity) to be far more > elegant. > > ________________________________ > From: Cameron Childress <camer...@gmail.com> > To: discussion@acfug.org > Sent: Friday, May 8, 2009 10:53:02 AM > Subject: Re: [ACFUG Discuss] Encrypting URL Parameters > > I'll take your word on it. Let me guess - they are generating a UUID > in the init() of every CFC, and instantiating a new CFC for each day, > week, month, and event - and more. > > -Cameron > > On Fri, May 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM, shawn gorrell <chees...@yahoo.com> wrote: >> Download the open source version of CalendarInfusion and try it out. You'd >> be surprised how easy it is to crush a CF7 server if you have a calendar >> with a ton of events and just a little bit of traffic. > > -- > Cameron Childress > Sumo Consulting Inc > http://www.sumoc.com > --- > cell: 678.637.5072 > aim: cameroncf > email: camer...@gmail.com > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com > ------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ > http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform > > For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists > Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ > List hosted by FusionLink > ------------------------------------------------------------- -- Cameron Childress Sumo Consulting Inc http://www.sumoc.com --- cell: 678.637.5072 aim: cameroncf email: camer...@gmail.com ------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe from this list, manage your profile @ http://www.acfug.org?fa=login.edituserform For more info, see http://www.acfug.org/mailinglists Archive @ http://www.mail-archive.com/discussion%40acfug.org/ List hosted by http://www.fusionlink.com -------------------------------------------------------------
