but -:)
I'd use them a lot more if I could call functions without having to include
the parameter:
I have for instance a function "extractXmlData":
function extractXmlData xmlTagName, someXml
...
return taggedText
end extractXmlData
Now mostly I just want the data so I use:
put extractXmlData("kevins_CreditCardNumber", hisBankAccount) into myWallet
Or something similar.
But occasionally I want to then remove the evidence (or otherwise manipulate
the source text). By simply tagging call by reference parameters to the end
of the function I can easily get hold of these:
function extractXmlData xmlTagName, someXml, @startTag, @endTag
...
return taggedText
end extractXmlData
So now I can:
put extractXmlData("kevins_CreditCardNumber", hisBankAccount, startTag,
endTag) into myWallet
delete char startTag to endTag of hisBankAccount
This is all cool, especially for complex parsing scripts that actually
calculate a lot of useful information that is not returned in the result.
The problem is twofold:
1) You cannot ommit the call-by-reference parameters in the function
call. Therefore:
get extractXmlData("kevins_CreditCardNumber", hisBankAccount)
Won't work (you get a script execution error - you must:
get extractXmlData("kevins_CreditCardNumber", hisBankAccount, dummy1, yuk)
Even if you don't want the stuff. This prevents me from using them in
frequently used handlers.
2) If I am right you can't "do" them, and as a consequence I think you
can't debug them???
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