> Well my recommendation is not to use New formula ever. Translation: āIām not sure I can use them properly, therefore no one should.ā š
> Even with properly > encapsulated code structured in a way that makes sense, it's still > impossible to get the context, source, or whether or not the method call > even exists in the object. Not my experience at all. > It's basically just a dangerous feature at this > point just waiting to explode when your ".get()" isn't the same ".get()" as > you were expecting. Not my experience at all. > 4D needs to add actual class structures for it to be > 1) Easy to document and lookup the source, or see the actual function > documentation like now when we mouseover a method call. True, but I have found the benefits far outweigh those minor inconveniences. Looking up the source is trivial if you use a good naming convention. > Right now there would be a lot of > overhead to design an object correctly so that New formula use doesn't > spiral out of control Not my experience at all. I ported https://github.com/expressjs/express <https://github.com/expressjs/express> to 4D. > , and even then, time consuming to maintain. Not my experience at all. > I tried applying it in another case > where there was no UI and a lot of processing in loops. It was slow. Not my experience at all. I see no measurable slowdown. - Aparajita ********************************************************************** 4D Internet Users Group (4D iNUG) Archive: http://lists.4d.com/archives.html Options: https://lists.4d.com/mailman/options/4d_tech Unsub: mailto:[email protected] **********************************************************************
