Problem is that CF developers (and the MACR docs -- look up cffunction) then go ahead and call these functions inside components "methods". So really the inconsistency has just moved to a new location.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Sean A Corfield [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, 30 July 2003 3:41 p.m. > To: CF-Talk > Subject: Re: consistancy > > On Tuesday, Jul 29, 2003, at 16:10 US/Pacific, Michael T. Tangorre > wrote: > > For instance... Inside a cfcomponent tag you can have functions > > (cffunction) > > yet when you publish this as a web service you use > > http://someUrl/someDir/componentName.cfc?method=methodName in the > > url. Why > > not call method function or function method in the CFC.... > > cffunction lets you define functions both inside and outside components > - that's like other languages (i.e., same syntax for functions both > inside and outside classes / whatever). Yet almost all OO languages > call them 'methods' when they're inside a class / component - even tho' > the same syntax defines them. > > So, it's CF's way of being a bit more consistent with other OO > languages' terminology... > > Sean A Corfield -- http://www.corfield.org/blog/ > > "If you're not annoying somebody, you're not really alive." > -- Margaret Atwood > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 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. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
