[1] will give you the stack starting back one... [1].that gives you the
same as .. In ww1.x

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Francisco Hernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 5:54 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [OS-webwork] that keyword...
> 
> 
> i always like using . in ww1, btw is there a way to get the parent 
> object like ww1's .. ?
> 
> Patrick Lightbody wrote:
> 
> > Since "that" hasn't gone in to a real release, I'm totally happy to 
> > change the name. Top or t will probably be what I go with.
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Behalf Of 
> > Robert Dawson
> > Sent: Friday, October 17, 2003 1:50 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [OS-webwork] that keyword...
> > 
> > I am sorry to bring up what must be a topic people are sick of by 
> > now.... but why "that" for the top of the value stack --
> > 
> > there are other words that would be better.  "that" sounds 
> like a bad 
> > joke.
> > 
> > how about "top"
> > 
> > "stackTop"
> > 
> > or something similar. (even better would be a 1 character keyword).
> > 
> > I understand that this might break some code, but the 
> "that" keyword 
> > seems so wrong.  The people I have talked to about it seem 
> to either 
> > think that
> > the "that" keyword is either a bad joke or when talking 
> about someone is
> > refering to something else.  ie that is how you do it -- I have seen
> > alot of
> > "interesting" changes made between webwork 1 and 2 and 
> would find that
> > the
> > expression language change to OGNL one of the more frustrating.
> > 
> > I can understand that the webwork 1 expression language 
> didn't always 
> > follow what Ruby people love to call the "principal of 
> least suprise", 
> > a good quality for any API, but as a general rule, it was good at 
> > working with a
> > ValueStack.  OGNL seems to be a good object navigation 
> language, but I
> > don't
> > think that the value stack interaction is right.  Treating 
> the stack as
> > an
> > array in OGNL feels wrong to me. I know that the use of "." 
> for the top
> > of
> > the stack doesn't make sense with OGNL, but would love it 
> if one of the
> > smart people out there could come up with something that did.
> > 
> > I apolagise for the length of that and the ranty nature of 
> the e-mail. 
> > WebWork 1 is a great framework, WebWork2 adds some nice 
> features, and 
> > I want the best for it (honest :)).
> > 
> > Rob
> > 
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