While I too use the closing slash alot (just to help me to remember to use it when coding xhtml etc) I don't think it really causes any clearing of ambiguity on the part of the CF tags.
Most people who use CF and read it know the syntactic usage of it (at least to a moderate level) and they know tags like CFSET don't have a closing tag. If I see <cfset x = 5> I don't wonder if there is a closing tag. It's a CFSET. Likewise with CFHTTP.. There really aren't that many tags I need to think about; CFMODULE and CFMAIL jump right out at me as tags I need to make sure are closed properly. anyway, that's my $02 - I just close them to keep in the habit of closing tags - (especially since it doesn't cause any harm to do so) - and not for any other sense of readability etc. Bill On 7/29/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What about non-custom tags that have this ambiguity? CFHTTP, for > example. Or CFINVOKE. There are quite a few places that a XML > self-close clears up ambiguity. > > And everywhere else, unless you use self-closes throughout, you still > have to read and interpret the tag name. I.e. <cf_tag /> obviously > has no closing tag, because of the slash. However, <cfset x = 5> > might, unless you actually read the "cfset" part, recall that CFSET > doesn't take a body, and therefore it has no closing tag. Easier to > just throw the slash in there and know without having to do any extra > thinking. > > cheers, > barneyb > > On 7/28/05, Ben Rogers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Especially when reading a cfmodule. (bad, I know. Not my code). > > > > I would argue that all custom tag calls, whether they are made with the > > cfmodule tag, using cfimport or cf_tagName syntax, should either include a > > closing tag or use the XML style trailing slash. Doing so clears up a lot of > > ambiguity. The only exceptions I make are for poorly coded tags that haven't > > been properly coded to handle the end tag execution state. > > > > That said, in all other cases, I prefer not to use the XML style trailing > > slash because it serves no purpose. > > > > Ben Rogers > > http://www.c4.net > > v.508.240.0051 > > f.508.240.0057 > > > > -- > Barney Boisvert > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 360.319.6145 > http://www.barneyb.com/ > > Got Gmail? I have 50 invites. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------- > You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to > [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the > email. > > CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting > (www.cfxhosting.com). > > CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon > http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm > > An archive of the CFCDev list is available at > www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://blog.rawlinson.us If you want Gmail - just ask. ---------------------------------------------------------- You are subscribed to cfcdev. To unsubscribe, send an email to [email protected] with the words 'unsubscribe cfcdev' as the subject of the email. CFCDev is run by CFCZone (www.cfczone.org) and supported by CFXHosting (www.cfxhosting.com). CFCDev is supported by New Atlanta, makers of BlueDragon http://www.newatlanta.com/products/bluedragon/index.cfm An archive of the CFCDev list is available at www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
