Just my 2 cents worth.
Developers are certainly free to use undocumented/unsupported functions but
if one does you should assume that every application that uses them will
break with every patch/upgrade to the product and shouldn't whine if they
do.
If you have a tightly controlled application and can thoroughly test it
whenever there is a patch then using unsupported functions may be efficient
but in general you are just asking for trouble.
If there is a function that is unsupported, which you find necessary, bug
Allaire/MM about it and see if they will support it. I am sure that is how
we got cfdump which used to be only a Spectra tag.
Don
P.S. Thanks to Ray for his many contributions to the list. I have benefited
from many of them.
Don Vawter
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www.cyberroomies.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ken Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "CF-Talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, August 28, 2001 6:26 AM
Subject: RE: Encryption differences in ColdFusion 4.5 and 5.0?
> > it is a mistake to use unofficial functions
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>
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> So what's a developer to do if the "official" function is known to produce
> unpredictable results that breaks applications and the "unofficial"
function
> produces predictable, useful results?
>
> Ken
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