> A bad practice most likely, but not technically wrong. I do see it in > text books from time to time.
When I was in 10th grade, I had a French teacher who marked a question on a test wrong because the test came from the teacher's version of the text book and her book had a different (wrong) answer. The question was to provide the French word for the opposite of "now". The correct answer is "then" but the text book said it was "after". Everyone knows the opposite of "before" is "after". The vocabulary word we learned that week was the French word for "after" however that was not the correct answer to the question on the test. If they wanted me to answer "after" then the test should have used "before". I argued with the teacher for about 20 minutes to no avail and then I took it to the principal of the school and in the end I lost in the face of absolute insanity and the question remained marked as incorrect. That is an extreme example since using "this" is not wrong like saying the opposite of "now" is "after", but I guess the point I'm trying to make is that you have complete control over the code you write and the implication that because a book uses a poor example we should code that way is just as insane as marking a correct answer on a test wrong because a book says it is. :) _______________________________________________ Flashcoders@chattyfig.figleaf.com To change your subscription options or search the archive: http://chattyfig.figleaf.com/mailman/listinfo/flashcoders Brought to you by Fig Leaf Software Premier Authorized Adobe Consulting and Training http://www.figleaf.com http://training.figleaf.com
