Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
- Subject: Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access)
- From: Rick Gordon <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2008 01:03:42 -0800
If a fix only takes adding "tell me to" before the OSAX call, I think any improvements can be handled.
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On 12/20/08 at 12:48 AM -0800, Chris Page wrote in a message entitled
"Re: Tell Blocks Considered Harmful (was Re: open for access":
>On Dec 20, 2008, at 8:10 AM, Richard Rönnbäck wrote:
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>>So, while I do understand the theoretical merits of the point Chris has made I really can't see that it caused me any problem in practice.
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>One of the practical problems that does affect you is that AppleScript and Standard Additions are less likely to be improved because of the risk of breaking scripts.
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>The clearer your scripts are about intent and the fewer unnecessary dependencies they have, the more likely it is we'll be able to improve AppleScript for you without breaking your scripts.
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