Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful
Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful
- Subject: Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful
- From: Chris Page <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:35:37 -0800
On Dec 19, 2008, at 2:59 AM, Chris Page wrote:
I'm all for change -- but only for the better, not for its own sake.
It's better if you use tell blocks judiciously than not.
It's better if scripting additions don't present security and
stability risks.
It's better if we can address that without breaking scripts.
It's better if we can examine scripts and understand what will and
what won't break them.
It's more difficult to predict what will break scripts when they have
addition commands inside ‘tell application’ blocks.
It's unfortunate that scripting additions and tell blocks interact
this way, but it's what we have to work with.
It's fortunate that the best practices that make it easier for us to
determine what changes will and won't break scripts also make scripts
better for other reasons.
--
Chris Page
The other, other AppleScript Chris
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