I agree, Ben. That's very frustrating. Also, the inability to call a component's parent using super() or something like it is a tremendous hit to anything like OO programming.
-----Original Message----- From: Benjamin S. Rogers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, July 17, 2002 5:59 PM To: CF-Talk Subject: RE: Using THIS scope in CFCs > the only comment I have is that if you are using components to > build object modeled applications, you shouldn't be including > files from cfcs. I don't know what the original poster is using includes for, but I think there are some really valid reasons to include files into a CFC. Unfortunately, there are some really monumental problems with CFCs that make including files problematic (i.e. the argument scope isn't available or the fact that CFReturn is silently ignored in an included file). The reason I originally started experimenting with including files into CFCs is that, if I included all of the actual logic of a function, it kept both the CFC file and function files short and sweet. Additionally, since ColdFusion supports dynamic includes, I reasoned that if I was working on one function and had a syntax error in my code, it would not cause other functions of the same CFC to throw an error. Now, that said, I don't think CFIncludes are a great choice for code reuse, at least not in an environment that supports custom tags, CFModule calls, CFCs, etc. Nevertheless, I think there are several valid reasons for using the CFInclude tag within CFCs. However, current CFC bugs make it necessary to implement inelegant workarounds. Benjamin S. Rogers http://www.c4.net/ v.508.240.0051 f.508.240.0057 ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm FAQ: http://www.thenetprofits.co.uk/coldfusion/faq Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
