>under certain conditions rounded a number the wrong way. I thought that was great: it made it fun trying to show those millions of customers there invoice for 12.99 when CF was convinced they all owed 13.00
Russell -----Original Message----- From: Rich Wild [mailto:r.wild@;e-mango.com] Sent: 18 October 2002 11:45 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > I don't mind them, they give CF character hmmm. like how pre-CF5 numberformat under certain conditions rounded a number the wrong way. Oh how we laughed at how characterful CF was back then when we were implementing it into a large scale auditing application. not. ;) > -----Original Message----- > From: Russell Brown [mailto:russell.brown@;Freeserve.com] > Sent: 18 October 2002 11:55 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > > > I hate to say this, I'll be flamed I know but : There are a > whole bunch of non-intuitive and bizarre behaviours in CF ( > as there are in any language ) but they can all be avoided > with a little experience and reading the docs ( for instance > ListGetAt ignores empty list elements, you cannot safely lock > a cfobject in a shared scope, YES is TRUE is 1 etc etc etc ). > I don't mind them, they give CF character > > Russell > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kola Oyedeji [mailto:kola.oyedeji@;iclployalty.com] > Sent: 18 October 2002 11:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > > > Spike > > Just to add to that. It seems silly to me that 0 can evaluate to false > but then compareNoCase returns 0 if the strings match (which could be > regarded as true) so.. > > <cfif compareNocase( string1, string2) > > > . > > </cfif> > > Is slightly misleading as you would expect that if they match, the if > block will be executed but this is not the case (assuming the strings > are the same) > > Kola > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Spike [mailto:spike@;prisma-it.com] > >> Sent: 18 October 2002 11:31 > >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > >> > >> erm... > >> > >> compareNocase() returns 0 (boolean false)if the strings > are identical > >> and returns -1 or 1 (boolean true) otherwise. > >> > >> It doesn't seem too silly to me to say that "Yes" isn't the same as > "1". > >> > >> Spike > >> > >> Stephen Milligan > >> Team Macromedia - ColdFusion > >> Co-author 'Reality Macromedia ColdFusion MX: Intranets and Content > >> Management' > >> http://spikefu.blogspot.com > >> > >> > -----Original Message----- > >> > From: Rich Wild [mailto:r.wild@;e-mango.com] > >> > Sent: 18 October 2002 12:05 > >> > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > >> > Subject: RE: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > >> > > >> > > >> > it happens in MX as well, also with this code: > >> > > >> > <cfif comparenocase("yes", "1")> > >> > true > >> > <cfelse> > >> > false > >> > </cfif> > >> > > >> > which is just plain silly. > >> > > >> > as far as I know its always done this though. > >> > > >> > > -----Original Message----- > >> > > From: Matt Horn [mailto:matt.horn@;mediatelgroup.co.uk] > >> > > Sent: 18 October 2002 11:19 > >> > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >> > > Subject: Re: [ cf-dev ] CF "Feature" > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > we use 5 at the moment > >> > > > >> > > and yes I did get the window solved > >> > > > >> > > made a workaround .. PPk told me you cant create an empty > >> > > window object > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > At 11:19 18/10/02 +0100, you wrote: > >> > > >hmmmm scary.... > >> > > > > >> > > >Is that an MX feature or a CF "all versions" feature? > >> > > > > >> > > >Stephen > >> > > >PS. 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