Re: how can an application's AS dictionary be wrong ?
Re: how can an application's AS dictionary be wrong ?
- Subject: Re: how can an application's AS dictionary be wrong ?
- From: Steven Majewski <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 7 May 2004 16:18:40 -0400
On May 7, 2004, at 2:55 PM, Michelle Steiner wrote:
On May 7, 2004, at 11:21 AM, Steven Majewski wrote:
Where does the displayed dictionary come from ?
From a human being who types it. Errors in a dictionary can be a
human error in data entry; they can be a result of a change in the
software design that did not get to the person writing the dictionary.
Obviously someone typed in the errors.
The question is when there is a mismatch between the syntax that the
Script Editor shows as the
dictionary ( and what 'check syntax' checks ) and the syntax that the
application actually accepts --
where *IS* this mismatch?
Is this a mismatch between comments/documentation and the raw
dictionary data structs,
or is it a mismatch between the static data structs and how they are
used in the program ?
-- Steve
Sometimes, as you surmised, Applescript will make the proper type
coercion for you.
-- Michelle
That's the problem with DWIM languages: "English-like" , unless you've
also built in an AI subsystem,
is usually just another word for "ambiguous" !
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