If you use private as your scope, you could dump it with <cfdump var=#private#>.
>People know they can do this - the problem I think is simply the >documentation. I think people wanted this concept (of the private scope >and This) to be a bit more fleshed out. Also, in 'normal' CFML pages, >you can dump all local variables by dumping the Variables scope. Even >though private variables act like Variables variables (ick, sorry ;), >you can't cfdump it. So, it's not a question of people not knowing away >around the issue, but just wanting things to be a bit more elegant. (Of >course, that's my take on it and I don't speak for everybody.) > >======================================================================= >Raymond Camden, ColdFusion Jedi Master for Mindseye, Inc >Member of Team Macromedia > >Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Blog : www.camdenfamily.com/morpheus/blog >Yahoo IM : morpheus > >"My ally is the Force, and a powerful ally it is." - Yoda > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Brad Howerter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Monday, March 10, 2003 2:31 PM >> To: CF-Talk >> Subject: CFC theory >> >> >> I've just read through the CFC Theory thread from last fall, >> and I don't understand why noone ever suggested this: >> >> Why not just create the private scope? i.e. >> >> <cfcomponent> >> <cfset private.anyvar = 'hidden value'> >> </cfcomponent> >> >> Or use pr.anyvar for less typing. Or self.anyvar, or >> anything other than the public 'this'. >> >> What am I missing? Why is there a big problem with 'this' >> being public, when it is so easy to create private variables, >> and you don't have to use the unnamed scope or the variables >> scope (with the bug) to do it? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=4 FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
