>>>. When ColdFusion processes a 'page' with a udf (either cffunction or scripted 'function'); the function is parsed and created as an *object* in memory (a special function type object). By 'calling' the function without the () you are actually referencing the object itself rather than invoking the function that it represents. ------
Yeah that is what I thought you were saying. I will give it a serious gander tomorrow. Very cool btw. I have a growing collection of misc UDFs and was thinking that there must be a better way than doing an include for every page load or loading some monster cfc of random functions. >> Make any sense? Yeah... this time. ;) thanx again for your insight, G On Mon, May 19, 2008 at 7:00 PM, Dominic Watson < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >I take it you can load the function in to memory like using an init method > >on a CFC... by calling the function with out the the "()" and not passing > it > >any vars? > > Kind of, though I wouldn't make that comparison. My theory is less > than solid here so please someone patch where it is mistaken: > > When ColdFusion processes a 'page' with a udf (either cffunction or > scripted 'function'); the function is parsed and created as an > *object* in memory (a special function type object). By 'calling' the > function without the () you are actually referencing the object itself > rather than invoking the function that it represents. > > So, the following code just makes the application.udfs.MyFunction1 > variable a reference to the function named 'MyFunction1': > > <cfset application.udfs.MyFunction1 = MyFunction1> > > Make any sense? -- "We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong." - Bill Vaughan ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;192386516;25150098;k Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:305676 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
