On Tuesday, September 3, 2002, at 09:43 , Tom Harwood wrote: > "Joe Eugene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> You used to be able to do in CF5.0 >> <cfset x=1> >> <cfset Result=iif(x,"z='Arg1';5","z='Arg2';10")> > > Interesting. That's actually a primitive form of CFSCRIPT -- the CF 4.x > and CF 5 expression parser was actually the CFSCRIPT parser in a > locked-down mode. Mostly locked-down, as we see here... > > CFMX's parser draws clearer distinctions between CFSCRIPT and expressions. > On balance, I'd have to call it a CF5 bug, I'm afraid.
Just to clarify Tom's comment, this is one of those cases where should *not* have worked in CF5 but unfortunately it did. It wasn't how the language was defined, it just happened to be permitted by a bug in CF5... So, CFMX is correct - the expression was never meant to be legal. Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood ______________________________________________________________________ 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
