Re: path to as string
Re: path to as string
- Subject: Re: path to as string
- From: has <email@hidden>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2005 22:16:58 +0100
Doug McNutt wrote:
> >And one shouldn't make unsafe assumptions about how AppleScript types represent data internally; these details are hidden for a reason.
>
>The only conceivable reason for hiding essential information is to make AppleScript a language designed for "users" and not for "developers".
Who says it's essential? To an application developer, it might be. To an application scripter, it's not. [1] The definition of 'essential' is entirely dependent on context. There's a lot more to this world than C language, you know. For example, traditional scripting languages like sh and bash hide a heck of a lot of low-level stuff, but I don't think anyone would claim those weren't for 'developers'.
has
[1] Unless the abstraction leaks; which it shouldn't unless someone, probably an application developer, screws up.
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