On Thursday, August 15, 2002, at 01:16 , Charlie Griefer wrote: > To a newbie, <cfif myStringVar is ""> is > much easier to comprehend than <cfif len(trim(myStringVar))>.
Yes, which would place the former in the better = more-maintainable category... > So while I do agree that teaching the 'right' way is better than having to > unteach a 'wrong' way...remember that a big reason CF is as popular as it > is > is due to the fact that its learning curve is the bunny hill. Yes, and with that in mind, we should also remember that our code will be read more often than it is written - readability is important and it may well be a newbie who has to deal with your code in future... Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
