I'm not sure I have the name right -- but it's the bug that prevented any content from a function in a CFC stored in a shared scope (session, application) from reaching the output buffer and of course the page being viewed in the browser.
> What's the page context bug? > Thanks - > Tom > -----Original Message----- > From: S.Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, August 20, 2003 9:09 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: CFCs CFMX 6.1 >> In Aug's CF Dev Journal, Ben Forta introduces CFMX 6.1 >> and >> mentions that >> "CFCs can now safely be placed in a variety of scopes" >> but >> does not >> mention what those scopes are. Does anyone know what >> modifications have >> been made to CFCs with the new release of CFMX 6.1? >> Thanks - >> Tom Schreck > Iirc he's just referring to them fixing the page > context(?) > bug. You can output content directly from a CFC stored in > the application or session scope. > I'm with Sean Corfield and other OO folks on that one tho > -- > I don't think display should be output directly to the > page > within a function or cfc method (now that I have a better > understanding of what they were talking about). Not > because > of any OO principals but just because it breaks the > metaphor > of functions. And the default output="true" _should_ have > been false to make the default comparable to CF5 UDF's. It > drove me insane the first time I ran into it trying to > figure out why I couldn't get <a href="#myfunction()#"> to > work because it was inserting white space into the output > before the function call, but not with <cfset myvar = > myfunction()> ... that's what I mean by breaking the > metaphor. You can use writeoutput() to do the same thing > in > a CF5 UDF but it has to be explicit and even then I don't > recommend it for the same reason. > s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 > team macromedia volunteer > http://www.macromedia.com/go/team > chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to > onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap > ----------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org > ----------------------------------------------- > To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe: > Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org s. isaac dealey 972-490-6624 team macromedia volunteer http://www.macromedia.com/go/team chief architect, tapestry cms http://products.turnkey.to onTap is open source http://www.turnkey.to/ontap ----------------------------------------------- To post, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe: Send UNSUBSCRIBE to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To subscribe / unsubscribe: http://www.dfwcfug.org
