On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 6:03 AM, Justin Scott wrote: > When you use XMLParse(), the resulting variable is a set of arrays and > structures, so it's not just "a lot like working" with them, you > actually are,
What does that even mean in a typeless language? The way I always explain it when doing CF training is that in a strongly typed language variable datatypes take precedence over function/operator datatypes while in CFML funtion and operator types take precedence over variable datatypes. So in a strongly typed language the statement "x = y + z" is executed by looking at the datatypes of "y" and "z", and then searching for an operator with symbol "+" and a left and right parameter with the right datatypes. In CFML on the other hand the statement "x = y + z" is executed by searching for the operator "+", finding out what types its left and right parameter are and then casting "y" and "z" to the required type. So no, the resulting variable from XMLParse() is not a set of arrays and structures, it is a variable that is cast-compatible with array and structure functions. Jochem -- Jochem van Dieten http://jochem.vandieten.net/ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Order the Adobe Coldfusion Anthology now! http://www.amazon.com/Adobe-Coldfusion-Anthology/dp/1430272155/?tag=houseoffusion Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:349567 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/unsubscribe.cfm
