Re: Can someone explain this?
Re: Can someone explain this?
- Subject: Re: Can someone explain this?
- From: "Nigel Garvey" <email@hidden>
- Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2009 23:05:03 +0000
Philip Aker wrote on Sat, 14 Mar 2009 07:32:31 -0700:
>On 2009-03-14, at 07:21:58, Michelle Steiner wrote:
>> 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/>.
It's the same on my Jaguar machine and I think I remember it from when I
was using OS 8.0 eleven years ago. Obviously the parser's being confused
by the fact that the 'the' is in front of the second boundary index in a
range reference. It's assuming that 'the' is optional before 'end of
myList', whereas the scripter's assuming that its "scope" (for want of a
better word) only applies to 'end'. Putting parentheses round 'the end'
makes the intention explicit, as does inverting the reference:
set myList to {"a", "b", "c", pi as text, "finished"}
myList's items 2 thru the end
NG
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