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Re: Parents/Child Scripts
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Re: Parents/Child Scripts


  • Subject: Re: Parents/Child Scripts
  • From: has <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 14 May 2002 15:42:52 +0100

Andy Wylie wrote:

>> Here's another problem example:
>>
>> on log x
>> tell application "Smile" to log x
>> end log
>>
>> So far, so cool. Except... what happens when the user uses 'log' on its
>> own, without any argument (it is optional, after all). As I said before,
>> there is no good solution to this problem. :(
>>
>It already exists in Smile ;-> logVar("theVariableAsString")

Ahhh, I think you've rather missed the point.:)

on log x
-- do absolutely anything you like
end log

log "hello"
log -- [no argument, so error occurs]
log "world"


----

>> p.s. OT aside: [...]
>
>That would be Akua I guess...

I found this one was Dialog Director. What jolly fun these osaxen lead us on...


>underscores can trap you in Tanaka's too...
>
>MT Get Info anything -- File (FileSpec, Alias or Fullpath)
>creation_date/modification_date/data_size/...
>
>how did you get a mention in there?

Ha-ha...:)

As for Tanaka: the rotter. Get out of our "safe name" space, you louts!
It's not much, but it's all we've got...

<sigh> :p

has

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