RE: Possible Spam:Possible Spam:Re: [CFCDev] Default for Dates in a Transfer object

Roland Collins Tue, 20 Sep 2005 15:57:12 -0700

Anyone else receiving triple posts?

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Peter Hardy
Sent: Tuesday, September 20, 2005 6:03 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Possible Spam:Possible Spam:Re: [CFCDev] Default for Dates in a Transfer object

Yeah, me too. I tried loose typing for a while but it drives me crazy. As for ColdFusion being easy to use, yip, it can be. It can also be a right royal pain in the tucus. And don't get me started on the whole RADness of it.

Sorry guys, am having a grrr day. Will play nice tomorrow I promise :)

Cheers, Pete (aka lad4bear)

On 20/09/05, Barney Boisvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> So make an error. Throw an exception if the string isn't empty and
> can't be converted to a date.

Which is exactly what the code I proposed earlier does.

> > (and may as
> > well just leave the attribute off).  Not that I recommend that
>
> I'm on the verge of recommending it.

Strong typing is a great asset to programmers, as it helps catch a lot
of bugs earlier than they might otherwise be caught.  I happen to like
it a lot, and am willing to deal with CF's buggy (as far as I'm
concerned) implementation to get the benefits I can out of it.

cheers,
barneyb

On 9/20/05, Patrick McElhaney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/20/05, Barney Boisvert < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > The problem is that 'string' is way too lenient, because you want to
> > allow dates, the empty string and that's it.  A type of 'string' will
> > also allow "hulabaloo" to be passed without error, which is
> > undesirable.
>

>
> Another option is to roll your own date object and pass an instance of
> it into the function instead.
>
> > Of course, you HAVE to use type="string" in order to
> > circumvent CF's weird type system, but by doing so, you're basically
> > removing the utility of having the typing system at all (and may as
> > well just leave the attribute off).  Not that I recommend that
>
> I'm on the verge of recommending it.
>
> Patrick
>
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