Erm, I never said it was ambiguous (if this is indeed the message you are replying to). The point is that query.recordcount is not a boolean - it could have 3 possible values true, false, nothing..(in ColdFusion terms)
Implicit evaluation when the value is a boolean is great, if it is guaranteed to be one that is. "This e-mail is from Reed Exhibitions (Gateway House, 28 The Quadrant, Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1DN, United Kingdom), a division of Reed Business, Registered in England, Number 678540. It contains information which is confidential and may also be privileged. It is for the exclusive use of the intended recipient(s). If you are not the intended recipient(s) please note that any form of distribution, copying or use of this communication or the information in it is strictly prohibited and may be unlawful. If you have received this communication in error please return it to the sender or call our switchboard on +44 (0) 20 89107910. The opinions expressed within this communication are not necessarily those expressed by Reed Exhibitions." Visit our website at http://www.reedexpo.com -----Original Message----- From: Dave Watts To: CF-Talk Sent: Mon Oct 02 02:11:33 2006 Subject: RE: CFIF Statement > No, the point here is that <cfif query.recordcount> will give > you true or false usually reserved for booleans which do > actually give true/false/1/0, such as isStruct().... If a language supports implicit evaluation of integers as Boolean values, there is nothing wrong with taking advantage of it. If I suggested that you should cast strings to numbers in CF or vice-versa, you'd almost certainly think that was ridiculous. And, any competent CF developer is aware that CF supports this, so an argument that it's ambiguous doesn't really hold much weight. Dave Watts, CTO, Fig Leaf Software http://www.figleaf.com/ Fig Leaf Software provides the highest caliber vendor-authorized instruction at our training centers in Washington DC, Atlanta, Chicago, Baltimore, Northern Virginia, or on-site at your location. Visit http://training.figleaf.com/ for more information! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:254944 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
