yep, bad practice, should be avoided at all costs. Even though your CFCs are just function libraries, it's still a bad idea to tie them to some external scope (as you may want to use them someday where those request variables don't exist).
A quick hack would be to pass the entire scope as an argument... not a great idea but better than referencing a scope directly from within a CFC. -Dave Ross >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 10/27/05 7:36 AM >>> Hi all, I understand that CFCs shouldn't rely on external variables and that instead them should be passed to methods as arguments and I try to do that as much as I can ... But sometimes I feel pretty convenient to use request variables inside CFCs, especially when I have to pass in some variables (e.g. a format string for the dateFormat function) that I didn't account for at the beginning ... Is really a bad practice that should be avoided at all costs? :-) BTW, for now most of my CFCs are just functions libraries (e.g. no instance data, except the datasource, etc.), I dind't get into full OOP yet. Thanks. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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] ----------------------------------------- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE: This email and any attachments may contain confidential information that is protected by law and is for the sole use of the individuals or entities to which it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender by replying to this email and destroying all copies of the communication and attachments. Further use, disclosure, copying, distribution of, or reliance upon the contents of this email and attachments is strictly prohibited. To contact Albany Medical Center, or for a copy of our privacy practices, please visit us on the Internet at www.amc.edu. ---------------------------------------------------------- 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]
