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Fwd: Even more newbie queries: aliases
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  • Subject: Fwd: Even more newbie queries: aliases
  • From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sun, 28 Apr 2002 19:42:20 -0700

Begin forwarded message:

From: Michelle Steiner <email@hidden>
Date: Sun Apr 28, 2002 07:08:52 PM America/Phoenix
To: Michael Kelly <email@hidden>
Subject: Re: Even more newbie queries: aliases


On Sunday, April 28, 2002, at 06:43 PM, Michael Kelly wrote:

What is the difference between the following:

set myVar to "path:to:something" as alias

set myVar to alias "path:to:something"

Don't they both make myVar into an alias to "path:to:something"? Even though
the file exists, the first one fails OMM, while the second one doesn't. Can
anyone explain what's going on here? To me it seems like both statements are
the same -- they only do things in a different order.

I think you may have a spelling error in the first one; if the second one compiles, the first one should also compile.

The difference between the two is that the second one tries to resolve the alias at compile time, and the first tries to resolve the alias at run time. So, if the file or folder doesn't exist, the first one will compile, but fail when you run the script, whereas the second will fail when you try to compile the script.

Hope this helps.

--Michelle

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