Re: Can someone explain this?
Re: Can someone explain this?
- Subject: Re: Can someone explain this?
- From: Deivy Marck Petrescu <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 11:02:10 -0400
On Mar 14, 2009, at 10:32, Philip Aker wrote:
On 2009-03-14, at 07:21:58, Michelle Steiner wrote:
This works:
set the outputFile to (choose file name with prompt "Choose where
to save the file" default name "test.txt" default location (path to
desktop))
set myList to {"a", "b", "c", pi as text, "finished"}
set fref to open for access outputFile with write permission
write ((items 2 through end of myList) as text) to fref
close access fref
This doesn't:
set the outputFile to (choose file name with prompt "Choose where
to save the file" default name "test.txt" default location (path to
desktop))
set myList to {"a", "b", "c", pi as text, "finished"}
set fref to open for access outputFile with write permission
write ((items 2 through the end of myList) as text) to fref
close access fref
I can confirm this error on 10.5.6.
Sounds like a parsing bug to me. You can reduce the problem to:
set myList to {"a", "b", "c", pi as text, "finished"}
items 2 thru the end of myList
and file a bug report at <https://bugreport.apple.com/>.
Philip Aker
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Democracy: Two wolves and a sheep voting on lunch.
Philip (and Michelle)
I do not know if this is a bug!
I believe this is a matter of priorities
items 2 thru the end of myList
gets compiled as
items 2 thru "finished" (actually end of {"a", "b", "c", pi as text,
"finished"})
try
items 2 thru (get the end of myList )
and you will get a similar error.
It is the same as saying that in AS
-3^2
--> 9.0
is a bug.
It is not, they have decided that the unary - is not a
multiplication by -1.
Deivy Marck Petrescu
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