Re: File best practice questions
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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