G'day My testing recently suggested that terrible the performance hit one used to get with evaluate() has all but gone now. So that's good.
The only gripe I have with it is that people tend to over-use it: it's seldom the correct answer to a question about dynamic variables or any other situation where one's inclination might be to use it. You touch on one instance when it seems to be necessary to use it, and I can think of a couple of others, but a lot of people seem to use it every time things get slightly confusing to them. These are perhaps the same people #who# #put# #pound-signs# #around# #everything#, "just in case". My position is this: 1) if one can reasonably NOT use evaluate(), then don't. 2) if one thinks "I need to use evaluate() for that", have another small think about it before deciding it's the right answer. 3) and, yes, sometimes it's unavoidable. In these cases, there's no need to feel like one is doing something wrong. I think it's a three-step process before settling on using it. -- Adam --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "cfaussie" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/cfaussie?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
