and XML... don't forget that one (in MX). I believe the docs even refer to a variable that is an XML Object as an "XML datatype".
~Simon Simon Horwith Macromedia Certified Instructor Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer Fig Leaf Software 1400 16th St NW, # 220 Washington DC 20036 202.797.6570 (direct line) www.figleaf.com -----Original Message----- From: Matt Liotta [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 18:19 To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: CFC theory Well you are of course welcome to have that opinion, but that doesn't really help this thread. IMHO, it is better to think of CF as a typeless language with structs, arrays, and queries being special cases. Whether you agree or not, I stand by my position that adding method overloading to CF would be a disaster. BTW, none of these special cases --structs, arrays, and queries-- need to be specified at declaration. See the below example. <cfset foo = ""> <cfset foo = StructNew()> 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: Jeffry Houser [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 3:07 PM > To: CF-Talk > Subject: RE: CFC theory > > At 12:50 PM 9/2/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > The term, OO, is not merely an imprimatur that marketing can annoint a > > > product with if it is to mean anything at all. We should be able to > > > expect that "this" is a private scope, that CFCs would have > >overloadable > > > methods, overloadable constructors, etc. > > > > >I disagree with adding overloadable methods as CF is a typless language > >and really should have no use for them. > > I would argue that CF is not typeless, but loosely typed. Arrays (And > until CFMX structures) require a declaration before use. Simple values > can > easily be used as though they were typeless. > > > -- > Jeffry Houser | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Need a Web Developer? Contact me! > AIM: Reboog711 | Phone: 1-203-379-0773 > -- > My CFMX Book: > <http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0072225564/instantcoldfu-20> > My Books: http://www.instantcoldfusion.com > My Band: http://www.farcryfly.com > > ______________________________________________________________________ This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. 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
