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Re: File best practice questions


  • Subject: Re: File best practice questions
  • From: Shane Stanley <email@hidden>
  • Date: Sat, 15 Mar 2008 11:17:18 +1100
  • Thread-topic: File best practice questions

On 15/3/08 11:07 AM, "Gary (Lists)" <email@hidden> wrote:

> I see your semantic point

It's not a semantic point -- it's a serious and important distinction: what
compiles and what runs are two totally different things.

> On your specific point, I can't get a "bad alias" to compile, OMM (x.5.2)

So this won't compile?

alias "blah:blah:"

> Anyway, for purposes of running a script,  'alias "..."' must exist. (And
> that's completely logical for what an alias is!)

Right.

> But, it's fine, in my opinion, to allow code that uses 'alias "..."' to
> *compile* but still fail at *execute* if it's not there.  A developer should
> be able to write a script, intended for another end user (who does have such
> alias).

A scripter always could, by using a variable for the path. In 10.5 they no
longer have to, for better or worse.

--
Shane Stanley <email@hidden>


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