Aye but he wanted shorthand. I always use THE where I can, even when referring to cursors :-). I even put it before most variables because "into theFgColor" is more readable to me.
Bob On Feb 23, 2012, at 7:20 PM, J. Landman Gay wrote: > On 2/23/12 6:46 PM, Bob Sneidar wrote: > >> set foreColor of fld "myField" to blue > > I'm hijacking this thread to complain about my pet peeve. The above syntax > makes me crazy. Lots and lots and lots (and maybe more) well established > developers use it, it works, there's nothing wrong with it, it's fine. But > the missing "the" makes me stumble every time I read a line like that. > > I think it bothers a certain engineer too because he once threatened to make > the engine refuse to compile scripts if the "the" was missing. Fortunately he > didn't follow through. > > It is inconsistent to allow omission of "the" for engine properties but > require it for our own. Enforcing consistent use of "the" would help new > LiveCoders avoid pitfalls. And as long as we're talking about natural > language, "the" belongs in there. > > </rant> > > Now that all that is over with, I'll confess that I simply cannot write "set > the cursor to..." because it looks strange to me. I have to write "set cursor > to..." But that's the only one. So I suggest the engine enforce all "the"s > except for the single exception when referring to cursors. :P > > -- > Jacqueline Landman Gay | jac...@hyperactivesw.com > HyperActive Software | http://www.hyperactivesw.com > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
