Thank you Dave, that was very succinct and helpful. Cheers, Judah
On Wed, Oct 6, 2010 at 9:03 AM, Dave Watts <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Matt, do you know of a good rundown on the difference between This and >> Variables scope in a CFC? I have a basic understanding of it but it is >> always been something I wanted to make sure I understood the fine >> distinctions in, kind of like the difference between var scoped >> variables and the local scope in CF9. > > The "this" scope makes variables public, and they can be read and > written directly from outside the component, which breaks any > validation that you might have to control their values within the > component. > > The "variables" scope does not make them public. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology-Michael-Dinowitz/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:337911 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
