Re: Tid's 'n AS
Re: Tid's 'n AS
- Subject: Re: Tid's 'n AS
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2002 10:49:43 -0800
On 11/8/02 8:12 AM, "Axel Luttgens" <email@hidden> wrote:
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Well, just trying to enhance the precision of some assertions emitted
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within this thread...
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Unless I'm wrong, TID is a global variable created when an AppleScript
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"session" is "opened" (wathever way such a session gets opened).
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And that global variable is given a default value, in the sense that it
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receives a value when created.
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That value is a list with one item: the empty string.
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Yes? And so what?
bill's very important point was that you can _never_ assume that someone
(including yourself in the same script/session) has not changed the default,
or neglected to restore it. therefore any time you intend to coerce a list
to string, you should declare what TIDs to use.
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Makes me remind of something.
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Haven't tried yet if a multi-items list is now fully handled by
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AppleScript for its TID.
Very funny. Don't expect that to happen.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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