On Thu, 27 Nov 2014, T Lee Davidson wrote: > > I must admit that I don't really care: I think I understand what happens to > > a good extent and if someone asks the question again, I can pull of the > > explanation again (or more likely I'll link to this thread). > > Rhetorically, wouldn't it be nice, though, if someone didn't *have* to ask? > > > > If everything was in the docs, what fun would there be in learning [ being > > able to discover things on your own over time ] ?;-) It's at least what I > > enjoy most. > > Lol. Yes, discovering and learning can be fun. > > But, I think it is more fun to learn how to do something with the tools > at hand than having to learn the special nuances of any particular tool. > > As a farmer, I sometimes have to make a tool to get the job done. Do I > enjoy that? Well, I enjoy making things. But I do not enjoy feeling > robbed of my productive time. >
Right, I'm unaware of productivity. Until now I gratefully came away with just learning for learning's sake. > Not knowing that instantiating a form As FormWhatever overrides the > default event handler could be a "gotcha" for someone who is not as > knowledgeable as you, as Stephen found out. > > And, "As Name" is a feature of the Gambas language implementation. So, > in my opinion, the appropriate venue for documenting this behavior would > not be in a GambasMag article. > > But, whatever. I was just looking to try to make things better for others. > I see your point. Are you content with what I wrote[0] into the docs? Regards, Tobi [0] http://gambaswiki.org/wiki/lang/new -- "There's an old saying: Don't change anything... ever!" -- Mr. Monk ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Download BIRT iHub F-Type - The Free Enterprise-Grade BIRT Server from Actuate! Instantly Supercharge Your Business Reports and Dashboards with Interactivity, Sharing, Native Excel Exports, App Integration & more Get technology previously reserved for billion-dollar corporations, FREE http://pubads.g.doubleclick.net/gampad/clk?id=157005751&iu=/4140/ostg.clktrk _______________________________________________ Gambas-user mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gambas-user
