On Wed, 16 Jun 1999, M. Uli Kusterer wrote:
> >I have allways wondered, why there is no
> > request somefunction(p1,p2) from stack "mylibrary"
> >The syntax is used by HyperCard for AppleScripts.
>
> Ruediger,
>
> sounds like a working alternative to SuperCard's "via" construct for me.
> Although I have to say that "via" is much more convenient as it allows
> one-liners:
>
> put somefunction(p1,p2) via stack "mylibrary" into myVar
>
> instead of two-line kludges:
>
> request somefunction(p1,p2) from stack "mylibrary"
> put it into myVar
>
> But it sounds like a valid alternative to me that would be easy to
> implement, I guess. Scott, is there anything you have against "via"?
I'm not particularly fond of the syntax, but the primary reason
MetaCard doesn't support it is just priorities. It would be a
moderate amount of work for a low-utility feature, while there are
plenty of high-utility features we could add for the same amount of
work.
Regards,
Scott
> Cheers,
> -- M. Uli Kusterer
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