Re: "a reference to"
Re: "a reference to"
- Subject: Re: "a reference to"
- From: "Mark J. Reed" <email@hidden>
- Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2008 22:53:28 -0500
Python and Ruby are on the shallow side of the rope. When you're
ready to toss aside the water wings, give Lisp a shot.
Of course, "sanity" may no longer be applicable. :)
Hm. Appscript.cl...
(Hm? Oh, clearly AppleScript is the kiddie pool in this analogy.)
On 1/25/08, has <email@hidden> wrote:
> On 25 Jan 2008, at 23:01, Scott Babcock wrote:
>
> >> The [ASLG] section on the 'a reference to' operator indicates that
> >> AppleScript's 'reference' type has a 'contents' property.
> >
> > Yes, and it also states that it has a [class] property whose value
> > is always 'reference'. The property-vs.-operator question can't even
> > be resolved by looking at the 'aeut' resource in AppleScript.rsrc,
> > since it shows neither a [contents] property nor a 'contents of'
> > operator.
>
> There is a 'contents' property under the 'selection-object' class.
> It's a property name, not an operator. ASLG confirms this,
> AppleScript's aeut confirms this; the AppleScript compiler's pretty
> printer confirms this.
>
> Using it where and how the ASLG says it should be used results in the
> behaviour described by the ASLG. Using it in ways not documented by
> the ASLG results in undocumented behaviour. To use an old joke:
>
> Patient: Doctor, it hurts when I do this...
> Doctor: Then stop doing it.
>
>
> has (off to write some CS3 scripts from the refreshing [relative]
> sanity of Python and Ruby...)
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