Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-13 Thread Keith Clarke
On 13 Oct 2011, at 12:46, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > To define the workings of a four-stroke engine, I would always > prefer English. > To tell a woman how much I love her, I would always prefer French ! I once tried to explain the the (non)workings of a four-stroke engine to the woman I love

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-13 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Keith, I am sure we can come to an agreement about the beauty (and complexity) of the English Language, and its banana skins . and also the wonderful depth of the music of Pink Floyd. (although I do have a weak spot for "Wish You Were Here") As each language ha

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-12 Thread Bob Sneidar
This is why I tell people to always listen to what I mean, and not what I say. Bob On Oct 12, 2011, at 9:13 AM, Keith Clarke wrote: > ...ah, nice try Francis but I too have not only a dictionary but also the > higher authority - Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', which closes with > the s

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-12 Thread Keith Clarke
...ah, nice try Francis but I too have not only a dictionary but also the higher authority - Pink Floyd's 'Dark Side of the Moon', which closes with the song Eclipse... "and everything under the sun is in tune but the sun is eclipsed by the moon" ...boom, boom...boom, boom... So, in the spirit

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-12 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from Beautiful Brittany, Keith wrote : ...did you mean 'eclipse', Francis? Keith, "occult" has three forms : 1 (noun) 2 (adjective) 3 ( verb) As "shadows" was used in the VERB form, I suggested replacing it with the VERB form of occult , which means what I said it means. Latin occultus,

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-11 Thread Keith Clarke
...did you mean 'eclipse', Francis? Isn't 'occult' more to do with supernatural, mystical or magical beliefs and practices - in other words, the initiation rites of the high priests of the great message path! ;-) Best, Keith.. On 11 Oct 2011, at 10:29, Francis Nugent Dixon wrote: > Hi from beau

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-11 Thread Francis Nugent Dixon
Hi from beautiful Brittany, Shadows is a bit of a misnomer, and is confusing. I think the term "occult" would be better :>) OCCULT "Referring to the event in which one celestial body passes in front of another, blocking it from view" . and I rather like the idea of global variables being

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Graham Samuel
Thanks to all who replied. My problem was solved by restarting the IDE, and I think Colin's explanation was a very clear one - it is a bug IMO but perhaps not a very serious one. On Mon, 10 Oct 2011 09:37:48 -0400, Colin Holgate wrote: > Here you go, an entire article on the topic: > > http:

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Jim Ault
On Oct 10, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Ralph DiMola wrote: I have had this problem in the past and still do now and again. It seems to rear its ugly head when doing a lot of variable adding/deleting/ renaming during development, but I have not been able to identify the exact circumstances to reproduc

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Colin Holgate
If you read the article I posted the link to, it could be that you put a stack into use after a while. Only then would the variable be shadowing. On Oct 10, 2011, at 11:26 AM, Ralph DiMola wrote: > Sometimes closing > LC will fix it, other times the only way I found to fix it was to rename the

RE: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Ralph DiMola
-boun...@lists.runrev.com] On Behalf Of Graham Samuel Sent: Monday, October 10, 2011 6:02 AM To: use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Subject: What does 'shadows' mean? Working on a script I've been using for some time, I just got a compilation error for the local definition of a variable c

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Colin Holgate
Here you go, an entire article on the topic: http://www.runrevplanet.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150:52-tips-in-as-many-weeks-tip-23&catid=57:tip-of-the-week&Itemid=65 ___ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com P

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Alex Tweedly
Hmmm - a bit of a long shot, but worth trying. I recently discovered that even when 'explicit variables' is turned on, you don't always need to declare a variable !! I thought this was a bug, and reported it, but the official reply was that this is intended behaviour. Seems wrong to me, but

Re: What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Alex Tweedly
You're right - it does (normally) mean that the variable you are trying to declare shares a name with a previously declared variable. No idea why you're getting it in this case. Poor ideas : - If you like, send me the script and I'll look to see if it fails here - try it in an earlier (or l

What does 'shadows' mean?

2011-10-10 Thread Graham Samuel
Working on a script I've been using for some time, I just got a compilation error for the local definition of a variable called "t1". The error was: local: name shadows another variable or constant The only meaning I can put to this is that I had already defined this variable either as a local,