Actually Date Masking worked a treat in C+/C++.... And as thats all the function does Geoff, I am amazed you took the time to even try to debate it.
Look at the end of the day pressure of a release is high, but implementation is not. On 1/10/08, Geoff Bowers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Jan 9, 6:41 pm, "Andrew Scott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I am still trying to confirm this 100%, but so far I have looked at > > the code and found that the code is in fact identical in both > > DateFormat() & LSDateFormat(). The only difference that I can see is > > that LSDateFormat has a wrapper to the main code to use local, then > > calles DateFormat(). > > > > So what I am saying is why was it done that way, the code cleary shows > > it setting DateFormat() with a default Locale of US. > > Whoa! I'm impressed you have the time to decompile, and analyse the C+ > + code of CF5.0. > > (Because if you are not analysing that release or earlier then your > argument with respect to the code being identical is irrelevant. Both > functions pre-date the move to Java. And if you are looking at CF8 > byte code you might consider that the addition of locale for > dateformat() may be the only reason lsdateformat() has been > refactored. It might also help to understand that i18n was a *little* > bit harder to implement in c++ for the nineties than it is in Java for > the late naughties. I'm sure you're right though -- all the engineers > I've met on the CF teams over the years have been thoughtless morons > (NOT!)) > > -- geoff > http://www.daemon.com.au/ > > > > -- Senior Coldfusion Developer Aegeon Pty. Ltd. www.aegeon.com.au Phone: +613 8676 4223 Mobile: 0404 998 273 --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
