Feature. In the same way that recursion is possible through custom tags, cfmodule and function calls (since all four pieces of machinery are fairly similar under the hood - a method call on a Java object).
Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." -- Margaret Atwood On Thursday, Jul 10, 2003, at 07:28 US/Pacific, Ian Skinner wrote: > A fun way to tie up a server. > > I just accidentally found out that you can recursively use <cfinclude>. > That if you have a template named foobar.cfm and it contains a line > <cfinclude template="foobar.cfm"> that ColdFusion MX will create an > endless > loop of including the file over and over and over ... When I finally > stopped the process with the Stop button in IE, it was an very > interesting > effect with the template I just happened to be using. > > Is this a bug or a feature? If it's not a bug, I might have to think > on > this and see if there isn't a useful way to use this effect. > > If not, at least it's a fun way to kill a development server. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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 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 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
