Re: why won't this compile?
Re: why won't this compile?
- Subject: Re: why won't this compile?
- From: Steven Angier <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 29 Dec 2001 08:38:55 +1100
- Organization: Macscript.com
Paul Berkowitz wrote:
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On 12/28/01 12:36 AM, "Steven Angier" <email@hidden> wrote:
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> I think that it is much simpler to use the double-tell technique as this works
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> reliably on
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> systems 7.5 and above (just make sure the first tell is to the variable):
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That's an old fairy-tale that has been disproved often (before the
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introduction of 'using terms from'), after a 2-year argument on MacScrpt.
It's not a fairy-tale. The simple fact is that the double tell works on all systems from
7.5. You can use "using terms from" if you want, but if the double-tell works on all
systems and "using terms from" doesn't, then why use the "using terms from" technique? For
me it would mean re-working a lot of old code for no benefit.
And, in my experience, telling the local application name before telling the variable can
cause the target applications to crash.
Steven Angier
Macscript.com