Actually, I believe the challenge was to show a situation wherein Evaluate() was an absolutely necessary tool.
The brackets came into the picture as a solution to avoid using Evaluate(). Things that can now be expressed in bracketed expressions used to demand the Evaluate() function to resolve their values... cuz when you think about it, structVar[myVar] really IS a double evaluation... first myVar, then structVar['evaluated-value-of-myVar']. Actually there's a bunch of places where brackets won't work. Assinging a stored procedure resultset directly into a struct element, for instance: <cfprocresult name="myProcResults['rs1']" /> won't work, at least on MX 6.1 whereas: <cfprocresult name="myProcResults.rs1" /> works just fine! So there's a few places where it won't work... I've been accused of overusing brackets lately, but I've discovered that my code is so drastically more readable because of the color-coding differences between quoted and unquoted strings, that I'm making infinitely fewer mistakes and spenting 10% of the troubleshooting time I used to. Dots leave everything the exact same color, and I can't see the details... it's all a big blob to mine eyes. For me, even it means a bit more typing, having error-free, readable code is the big priority. Right, Sean? hehe Laterz, J On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 18:35:29 -0000, Kerry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, I remember there was a discussion on one of these lists about using > brackets instead of eval and I think Sean challenged anyone to show him some > code where brackets couldnt be used? > > erm, is this one? > > valuelist(qry[myvar]) > > (i hope im wrong....) > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Logware (www.logware.us): a new and convenient web-based time tracking application. Start tracking and documenting hours spent on a project or with a client with Logware today. Try it for free with a 15 day trial account. http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=67 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:4:199909 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/4 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:4 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
