On Fri, 13 Aug 2004 10:42:29 -0400, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Dave, that's a great explanation, and not more info than I
> needed -- I hadn't even noticed that wasn't a regular chmod value when
> I googled it. But the explanation makes it all a lot clearer and will
> help if I ever have to google it in the future. :)
>
> > Since we tend to think in terms of permissions that
> > a directory does have (i.e., chmod 755 directory_name),
> > umask just seems like a funny implementation
> > (much like using compare() and NOT compare() in CF!!).
>
> Yea, should have been contrast() :) <cfif contrast(x,y)> -- if they're
> different... suppose it would be easy enough to wrapper that...
>
> function contrast(x,y) { return compare(x,y); }
>
> Though most of the time that's just more trouble than it's worth. :)

Ha. True. I've always been a fan of calling a spade a spade. Why can't
it be isEqual(x,y) and isEqualNoCase(x,y)? Yes this could be a UDF,
but, as you point out, it's more trouble than it's worth!!

Glad the umask explanation helped.

Regards,
Dave.
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