> > Anyway as I was replying it occured to me that life and > > support for developing CFML based code that ran safely and > > reliably on all CFML engines would be much easier if we had > > the equivalent of compiler directives for CFML engines... > > It would be easier to standardize all the CFML engines to behave the > same > way than it would be to standardize them all to behave differently > (that is, > recognize compiler directives). >
But that is the point I originally raised on the BD list... At the moment I'm getting a hiding for it! For me though looking at other languages that are in a similar position, compiler directives seem to work very well indeed... Delphi and FreePascal for instance are both basically "object pascal" and with judicious use of compiler directives the same source code can compile on both platforms. Seeing as CF for the most part is now compiled (to a point), it makes sense that compiler directives would work given the already fractured state of the development of the CFML language itself. Paul ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Get the answers you are looking for on the ColdFusion Labs Forum direct from active programmers and developers. http://www.adobe.com/cfusion/webforums/forum/categories.cfm?forumid-72&catid=648 Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:292141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
