Re: Settings backup script
Re: Settings backup script
- Subject: Re: Settings backup script
- From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 04 Aug 2001 08:39:08 +1000
On 4/8/01 2:01 AM +1000, Arthur J Knapp, email@hidden, wrote:
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> (a) "count of characters of" doesn't actually build a list, given how long
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> just building a list takes;
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I would have to assume that this is because "characters" is being treated
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as a parameter to the "count" command, rather than as a reference form of
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the string
That was my guess, too.
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Typically, I prefer "length of" simply because it "feels" more efficent
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to use something AppleScript calls a property rather than a command, (this
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is NOT to say that it actually is more efficent, as we can't know what's
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going on behind the scenes).
Where this can pay of is in the "real world" of applications -- using the
property lets you use filtered references.
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Of course, it's always a little dangerous to make assumtions about
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these things.
Ain't that the truth...
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Shane Stanley, email@hidden