Yes I know that that works, but strictly speaking salary is not private when it is in the variables scope, due to the bug.
-----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 5:32 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFC theory That is not true as I have already responded with the use of the variables scope. The following does work. <cfset variables.salary = arguments.salary> Matt Liotta President & CEO Montara Software, Inc. http://www.montarasoftware.com/ V: 415-577-8070 F: 415-341-8906 P: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Pete Freitag [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 2:35 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC theory > > >> On Monday, September 2, 2002, at 01:54 , Hal Helms wrote: > >> I can't agree that this is the same as in Java. In Java, I can define > an > >> instance variable as private and then set it to an identically named > >> argument passed into a method. > > > Only if you explicitly qualify the instance variable with 'this.' so it > > doesn't clash with the argument name (remember that in Java, arguments > are > > the unnamed scope - so you have exactly the same type of namespace > clash!) > > I think what Hal is getting at is that in Java you can do this: > > private int x; > void foo(int x) { > this.x = x; > } > > in C++ you can do this: > > void foo(int x) { > this->x = x; > } > > but there is no way to do that with CFC's. > > I think the this scope was a poor name choice, I would expect the this > keyword to point to, or reference my object as it does in C++ or Java. I'm > not saying that CFC's should be exactly like Java or C++ classes, but it > would have led to less confusion if "this" was named "public" or something > else. > > _____________________________________________ > Pete Freitag > CTO, CFDEV.COM > ColdFusion Developer Resources > http://www.cfdev.com/ > > > ______________________________________________________________________ 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
