On Friday, Nov 1, 2002, at 12:01 US/Pacific, Chris Kief wrote:
> That was my understanding as well. But what I was attempting to
> demonstrate was that CF is able to auto-retype certain variables and
> not
> others.
Well, not really - see below.
> <!--- auto-create a struct --->
> <cfset myStruct.foo = "bar" />
Equivalent to:
<cfif not isDefined("myStruct")>
<cfset myStruct = structNew()/>
</cfif>
<cfset myStruct.foo = "bar"/>
Not that it only performs the implicit assignment of a new struct if
the variable doesn't already exist.
> <!--- have cf retype to string --->
> <cfset myStruct = "foo" />
>
> That works fine.
Yes, because you are assigning the whole variable.
> <!--- create a string --->
> <cfset myString = "foo" />
Yes, makes myString a *string*
> <!-- have cf retype to struct --->
> <cfset myString.1 = "foo" />
>
> That fails.
Yes, and correctly so: myString is a *string* at this point so you
cannot access any members...
This is not a bug.
"SOAP is not so much a means of transmitting data
but a mechanism for calling COM objects over the Web."
-- not Microsoft (surprisingly!)
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