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Re: "a reference to"
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Re: "a reference to"


  • Subject: Re: "a reference to"
  • From: Luther Fuller <email@hidden>
  • Date: Wed, 16 Jan 2008 13:26:05 -0600

On Jan 16, 2008, at 11:55 AM, Christopher Nebel wrote:
On Jan 15, 2008, at 2:09 PM, Stan Cleveland wrote:
On 1/15/08 1:41 PM, Luther Fuller wrote:

I just went to my hardcopy AppleScript Language Guide [Addison-
Wesley, 1993], which I seldom look at these days. It defines 'get'
and indicates that it is optional, always. (At least, it was in
1993.)

I just checked the latest and last hardcopy ASLG printed [Apple Developer
Connection, 1999, sold through fatbrain.com, covering AppleScipt v1.3.7].


On page 143, it says "...the Get command is optional because AppleScript
automatically gets the value of expressions and references when they appear
in scripts."


So nine years ago, it was still not required.

No, nine years ago the documentation left out some details.

I agree. The documentation didn't cover "one-liners". And, now that I know, I'll be writing more one-liners containing 'get'. (The "bug" is in the documentation.)


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