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Re: Writing To A File
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Re: Writing To A File


  • Subject: Re: Writing To A File
  • From: Steve Mills <email@hidden>
  • Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 14:09:19 -0500

On Tuesday, Sep 30, 2003, at 13:31 US/Central, Walter Ian Kaye wrote:

Not sure what you mean. The dictionary entry says it accepts a file or alias. It does not say anything about accepting a pathname string. None of the file commands do.

You'll notice some of the commands use typeWildCard ("anything") as their file reference type. That means any type (within limits) should work, including string.

To expect consistency from undefined behavior is not logical.

If it works, it was written to do so, so expecting it to work every time is entirely logical, whether it's documented or not. Expecting consistency across all the commands in the same scripting addition is expected.

Steve Mills
Drummer, Mac geek
http://sjmills5.home.mchsi.com/
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